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ALVIN LEE LEVAN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
June 5, 1946 – October 25, 1966
Service recordAlvin Lee Levan, of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 25, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- PCF DIVISION 105 BOAT SQ 1
- Born
- June 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Catawissa, Pennsylvania (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 106
- JIMMIE ELLIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · October 25, 1966
- JIMMIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- DEWEY LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.