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ALVIN CHRIS VANRIESEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordAlvin Chris Vanriesen, of Sheldon, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheldon, Iowa (O'brien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · May 26, 1968
- MORRIS E THOMASCorporal · May 26, 1968
- ROSALIO VALENCIASergeant · May 26, 1968
- FREDRICK H WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
From Sheldon
- HARLAN RAY BRANDTSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAY BRINKMANSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 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.