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ALVIN RAMSEY STOVALL JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 8, 1950 – October 19, 1969
Service recordAlvin Ramsey Stovall JR, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 43 MED DEP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 92
- JIMMY LEE SMITHSpecialist Five · September 28, 1969
- PETER VINCENT MESTASSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THANELance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- JAMES CLARK WOODSMajor · October 19, 1969
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.