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DALE ROBERT ALCORN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1950 – September 6, 1969
Service recordDale Robert Alcorn JR, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 45
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · September 5, 1969
- ARTHUR EDWARD WOJAHNSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST AHLSTROMPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
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.