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ALVIN RICHARD GALE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1947 – January 28, 1969
Service recordAlvin Richard Gale, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 6
- ROBERT JOHN CAMERONMajor · January 28, 1969
- JERRY RICHARD COLEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- GARY EDWARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE COWARTSergeant · January 28, 1969
From Hyde Park
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
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.