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ALFRED DESIMONE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1949 – June 24, 1969
Service recordAlfred Desimone, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 6
- DONALD LEVER BRICKLESergeant · June 24, 1969
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- TERRY LYNN CRUTCHERHospitalman · June 24, 1969
- FERNANDO DERUBEISSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.