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ALFRED RICHARD MAHONEY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – October 31, 1968
Service recordAlfred Richard Mahoney JR, of Pasadena, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 65
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; ten of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 65
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- FARIS E HOLLANDSergeant First Class · October 31, 1968
- DARREL EUGENE LAFEVRESergeant · October 31, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 61
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 63
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 40W, Line 63
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 64
- PATRICK BEVERLY EPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 64
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 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.