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ALONZA WILLIE PHOENIX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – October 20, 1968
Service recordAlonza Willie Phoenix, of Ridgeland, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Ridgeland, South Carolina (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 7
- MICHAEL KENNETH KLEINSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD MELDAHLStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- MATTHEW MINOR JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 8
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.