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DAVID J ALEXANDER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – July 18, 1968
Service recordDavid J Alexander JR, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 2
- LEWIS DAVIS BLACKSpecialist Six · July 18, 1968
- MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLOPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOSSergeant · July 18, 1968
- TERRY KENNETH HUFFSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLYN WALLACE GERMANYSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 4
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 5
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 6
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 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.