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ALVIN GENE TENNISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – February 3, 1967
Service recordAlvin Gene Tennison, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 114
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 114
- WENDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- JACKSON THOMASPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 110
- RAYMOND FRANK DEMORYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 111
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 113
- PAUL THEODORE SHORT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 113
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 114
- JACKSON THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 114
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 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.