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ALFRED MELVIN WOLFE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1942 – April 30, 1968
Service recordAlfred Melvin Wolfe, of Masontown, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Masontown, West Virginia (Preston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 26
- ROBERT EUGENE FLOYDSergeant · March 31, 1968
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WORLEYSergeant · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE FRISBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 12
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 24
From Masontown
- ERNEST THOMAS DUPONTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
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.