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DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – December 16, 1968
Service recordDavid Harold Alexander, of Sanford, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 28
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanford, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 28
- DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BISHOPPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- RENE ARMAND BOISSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 28
- ROBERT NEIL SANDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 31
- CEDRICK LOUVANE SMARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 31
From Sanford
- PAUL LEO CYRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GLAUDECorporal · June 10, 1967
- JOHN HAROLD CASH JRCorporal · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD PICKLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
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.