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ALFRED LEE POWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1941 – April 13, 1968
Service recordAlfred Lee Powell, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 46
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 46
- RICHARD PEGUEROCorporal · April 13, 1968
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARK REIDCorporal · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND LEE BALLEWPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 38
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 39
- AGAPITO GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 41
- JOE EDD GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 41
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 41
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 42
- ERNEST ESTELL LESUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 44
- JAMES LEONARD PARKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WARREN JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 47
- JUAN PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- GRADY THACKERSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.