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ALVIN MAYNARD SLATON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1946 – March 5, 1969
Service recordAlvin Maynard Slaton, of Warner Robins, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Warner Robins, Georgia (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 49
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · March 5, 1969
From Warner Robins
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- ALTON JIMMY FENNELLPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY GORDON CHANDLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
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.