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ALVIN RAY NARCISSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 23, 1949 – January 25, 1969
Service recordAlvin Ray Narcisse, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 73
- LLOYD IRVIN LUTTRELLPetty Officer Third Class · January 24, 1969
- GREGORY CHARLES TUCKERCorporal · January 24, 1969
- RICHARD ROY BELLWOODSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- LAWRENCE GABE BORQUEZPrivate · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LEWIS GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 76
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- ANDERSON DON BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 78
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 80
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.