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ALFRED HENRY COMBS JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1931 – June 25, 1965
Service recordAlfred Henry Combs JR, of Seaside, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 17
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 19
- CLARENCE MATTHEWS NEWCOMBCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 19
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.