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ERNEST ALSTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1943 – June 20, 1966
Service recordErnest Alston JR, of Nashville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 63
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Nashville, North Carolina (Nash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 63
- ROY CLIFFORD MCEWENCorporal · June 19, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 68
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 69
- GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 70
From Nashville
- JOSEPH EARL SHEARINFirst Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ALVIN BERNARD TUCKERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1971
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.