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ALVIN C SLIGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1946 – November 6, 1965
Service recordAlvin C Sligh, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 27
- RUDOLPH RODRIGUEZCorporal · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL SANTOS-TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 22
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 23
- JAMES J CRAFTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 23
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 24
- JOHN K KEAO IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 24
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 24
- DENNIS LICHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 24
- MILES HILTON LOPER JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 24
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- JOSEPH PATRICK MINNOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 25
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- EARL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 26
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- PHILLIP KENNETH REAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- RUDOLPH RODRIGUEZCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 27
- DANIEL SANTOS-TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 27
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 27
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 27
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 28
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 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.