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ALVIN GORDON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1946 – February 5, 1969
Service recordAlvin Gordon JR, of Camden, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Camden, Arkansas (Ouachita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 62
- BRUCE BRYANT BERNSTEINPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS EDMONDSCorporal · February 5, 1969
- JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- GERALD JAMES JOHNSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1969
From Camden
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRYLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.