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J H ALEXANDER
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1930 – March 6, 1966
Service recordJ H Alexander, of Cedar Grove, Tennessee, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Cedar Grove, Tennessee (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 127
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBY JOE MARSHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- CYRUS SWAN ROBERTS IVFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOE MARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 127
From Cedar Grove
- JEARL EDWARD RIMMERSergeant · May 18, 1967
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · September 6, 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.