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ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JR
Captain · U.S. Army
August 8, 1934 – April 28, 1965
Service recordAlvin Klason Broyles JR, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 110
- GEORGE H KIRBY JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRANDStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 110
From Johnson City
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
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.