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DONALD DEAN ALVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1945 – February 9, 1968
Service recordDonald Dean Alvis, of Hope, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Hope, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 42
- MANUEL PRIETO TORRESCorporal · February 8, 1968
- HENRY YORKCorporal · February 8, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ALLENSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED HARLEN BLEIGH JRSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 44
- DARREL ANTHONY BONDROWSKICorporal · Panel 38E, Line 44
- RONALD LEE BROWNCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 45
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 46
- JOSEPH PETER CONKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 47
- DONALD JACK HAILEStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 50
- LAUREN JOSEPH HEYDINGERSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 51
- NORBERT PAUL HOLZAPFELStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 52
- JOHN JOSEPH PALMIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 58
- WILLIS CLIFFORD RHEAULTSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 59
- GERALD PATRICK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From Hope
- GARY LYNN PACESergeant · March 31, 1969
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.