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ALFRED FUNCK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 22, 1931 – March 23, 1967
Service recordAlfred Funck, of Gosport, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 29
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Gosport, Indiana (Owen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EDWARD HUMPHREYSergeant · May 28, 1966
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- HAROLD LELAND HALECaptain · March 23, 1967
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
From Gosport
- DANNY LEE BOLINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
- GENIE LEE MCDONALDSergeant · January 9, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM WARTHANStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.