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ALONZO R TOAL
Major · U.S. Army
May 6, 1936 – January 6, 1968
Service recordAlonzo R Toal, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 60
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 60
- GERALD WAYNE NORTONSecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- STEVEN SPENCER SCHNACKCorporal · January 6, 1968
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
From Havertown
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
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.