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ALVIN WALLACE FORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – January 7, 1969
Service recordAlvin Wallace Ford, of Camden, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 47
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Camden, Arkansas (Ouachita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 47
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LYLE TRONERUDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 51
From Camden
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRYLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
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.