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CALVIN EUGENE ALEXANDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 19, 1935 – March 1, 1969
Service recordCalvin Eugene Alexander, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 1, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1935
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 99
- DANIEL DEAN BRUCEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- THOMAS LEE BURTONFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1969
- CLYDE WILLIAM CAMPBELLCaptain · March 1, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.