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ALVIN WAYNE STALLCUP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – August 28, 1969
Service recordAlvin Wayne Stallcup, of Grover City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Grover City, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 5
- CLAIR CLARENCE H SAINT JRCorporal · August 28, 1969
- CHARLIE SIMMONS JRCorporal · August 28, 1969
- CARL BRACY AYERS JRCorporal · August 29, 1969
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS ALEX COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 128
From Grover City
- DENNIS LEE MERRILLLance Corporal · November 28, 1967
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- JOHN QUITMAN WINNINGHAMSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.