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GEORGE ALLEN ALFORD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1948 – July 31, 1968
Service recordGeorge Allen Alford JR, of Alvin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Alvin, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 40
- RICHARD D SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN WILKINSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
- EDWARD MARTIN BABIARZSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
- LARRY GENE BANDYSergeant · August 1, 1968
From Alvin
- DONALD GENE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED DIXON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CARSON MILO KINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 1970
- BILLY JOE PLASTER JRCorporal · January 18, 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.