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ALFRED FRANK POSPISIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1951 – August 7, 1971
Service recordAlfred Frank Pospisil, of Moore, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Moore, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 125
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
- BRUCE ALLAN BERGSergeant · August 7, 1971
- ORAN LOTHIER BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1971
- LOREN DOUGLAS HAGENFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1971
From Moore
- ROBERT LEON HARVEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDINGCorporal · February 15, 1969
- JAMES RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- CARL EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · December 14, 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.