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ALVIN PHILLIP TRONNES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1925 – October 28, 1967
Service recordAlvin Phillip Tronnes, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 13, 1925
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 94
- WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- JOHN GREGG TINKERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN WAGNER JRLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- ROBERT LEE AGARCorporal · October 29, 1967
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.