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ALVESTER LEE WINSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – December 4, 1967
Service recordAlvester Lee Winston, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 39
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 39
- TODD TATE IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN TUHOLSKIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EDDIE LEE WEEKFALLCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · Panel 31E, Line 33
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 37
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 38
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 38
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 40
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.