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ALVIN LEONARD HALVERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1929 – February 10, 1970
Service recordAlvin Leonard Halverson, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 127 MP CO 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1929
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 121
- THOMAS MARVIN HILL JRCorporal · February 10, 1970
- RALPH ARTHUR HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH KULIKOWSKICorporal · February 10, 1970
- EDWARD DEAN LOCKETTPrivate · February 10, 1970
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
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.