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ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – March 1, 1971
Service recordAlfred Lemuel Kincer III, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 14
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 14
- KARL RAY GANTZAirman First Class · March 1, 1971
- SHELDON LEE GULSETHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
- MILTON HARDIN RAMSEYMajor · March 1, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 15
- JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 15
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.