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ALVIN ECHOLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1942 – November 27, 1966
Service recordAlvin Echols, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 125
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- January 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 125
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY WILSON RUST JRLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.