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ALVIN CARNALL TOOMBS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordAlvin Carnall Toombs JR, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 8
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- WILBERT MICHAEL WEBSTERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30W, Line 1
- GREGORY ALLEN MARVINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 5
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.