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ALVIN JOSEPH DERRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1949 – February 3, 1969
Service recordAlvin Joseph Derrick, of Leesville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Leesville, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 47
- BRIAN LEE THORNTONLance Corporal · February 2, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY BYELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- OTIS JAMES DARDENSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
From Leesville
- MARION LUTHER OXNERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RANDY DEWITT OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.