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ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordAlfred Bennett Cafrelli, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 MP CO 97 MP BN 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 16
- BILLY CARL ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- MCDONALD E BOYCECorporal · April 21, 1968
- WILLIE GENE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.