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ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEAD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1943 – June 16, 1968
Service recordAlfred Evarts Whitehead, of Harlan, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Harlan, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 11
- RILEY CLAYTON AUSTINLance Corporal · June 17, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1968
- CHARLIE E BERRYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD GOODMANSergeant · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 1
- JAN ARTHUR CARMODYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 1
- GARY CAROL HUTCHERSONSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 4
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 5
- JAMES LOUIS MARTINSpecialist Five · Panel 56W, Line 6
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 7
- CHARLES ALLEN RYGGPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- DONALD HENRY STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 9
- JOHN ROBERT TAGUESpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 9
- RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 10
From Harlan
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · March 25, 1971
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.