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ALTON LAMER SINGLETARY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1937 – May 21, 1968
Service recordAlton Lamer Singletary, of Madison, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Madison, Florida (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 1
- RONALD MITCHELL RANDALLLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
- JEFFREY BERNARD SEGALCorporal · May 21, 1968
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- JOSEPH ALLYN SOMMERHAUSERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- ROBERT DAVIDCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
From Madison
- HOWARD CLEVELAND BARKERSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHNNY LEE MOORECorporal · July 2, 1970
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.