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ALFRED HIGHTOWER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – November 24, 1968
Service recordAlfred Hightower JR, of Waynesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Waynesville, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 49
- DAVID FRANK GARRINGERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- HARRY TURNER KITE JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 49
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 49
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 52
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 53
From Waynesville
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- DAVID CHAPPELL BROWNFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.