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ALFRED MCPHERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1940 – September 17, 1966
Service recordAlfred McPherson, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 109
- RONALD MCCRACKENPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 106
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 107
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 108
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.