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ALFRED C SPRINGFIELD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1946 – November 8, 1967
Service recordAlfred C Springfield JR, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 54
- DARREL EUGENE PRUETTPrivate · November 8, 1967
- GARY WALTER SCHMITTPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- THOMAS LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- LAURENCE CHRIST SUTTLEHANMajor · November 8, 1967
From Canonsburg
- CHARLES H RICHARDS JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · November 1, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN MCPHERSONLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- JOSEPH RUBEN KARPYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
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.