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ALVIN RAY CHURCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1945 – February 12, 1968
Service recordAlvin Ray Church, of Deep Gap, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 3
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Deep Gap, North Carolina (Watauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 3
- GARY RAY CATESCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE COKERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- GREGORY C CONANTSergeant · February 12, 1968
- TERRY MELVIN CURTISPrivate First Class · February 12, 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.