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ALVIN MACK LASTER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – July 18, 1968
Service recordAlvin Mack Laster JR, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 6
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · July 18, 1968
- DENNIS STANLEY MALECLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY KENNETH HUFFSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 2
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD DAVISSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 3
- GARY BERNERD SANFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 8
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.