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DONALD RAY ALEXANDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – March 22, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Alexander, of Socorro, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Socorro, New Mexico (Socorro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 7
- CARL RICHARD WILSON JRSecond Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN BAILEYCaptain · March 22, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- CARL LAWRENCE DINUNZIO JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 10
- RICHARD WALTER GODENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 10
- LEONARDO RIOS-VELAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- DAVID CLARK VALLANCESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Socorro
- ISIDRO BACAPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- WILLIE B LEEPrivate First Class · March 12, 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.