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ALVIN CHARLES MCMANN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – April 2, 1967
Service recordAlvin Charles McMann JR, of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Eaton Rapids, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 94
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- VANCE GEORGE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- JOHNNY MACK WOODCorporal · April 2, 1967
- DANIEL LEWIS WENTEFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH CHARLES HUTHPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 92
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 93
From Eaton Rapids
- ELGIE GEORGE HANNAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · May 25, 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.