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ALVIN LEWIS PEMBERTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 3, 1930 – August 14, 1970
Service recordAlvin Lewis Pemberton, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 111
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 111
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
- LESZEK STANLEY KARSZNIASpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1970
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 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.