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ALFRED LOUIS SPITZFADEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1942 – December 21, 1965
Service recordAlfred Louis Spitzfaden, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 34
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JIMMIE RAY ISBELLSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LLOYD ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 32
- GEORGE SIMONDS COSTELLOCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 32
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 33
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 33
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 33
- JIMMIE RAY ISBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 34
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.