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ALFRED HENRY SUHR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
August 15, 1941 – March 26, 1969
Service recordAlfred Henry Suhr, of Mexico, Missouri, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 26, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 54
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Mexico, Missouri (Audrain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 54
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- MAURICE JOEL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
From Mexico
- JAMES WARREN CAHALLSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- JERRY LEE GRAVESCorporal · July 28, 1968
- CLAIR LLOYD WESTLAKE JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · January 24, 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.