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JAMES PATRICK ALEXANDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1950 – April 5, 1971
Service recordJames Patrick Alexander, of Green Rock, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Green Rock, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 107
- LARRY ELMER STEPPEESergeant · April 4, 1971
- LARRY DEAN SUEDMYER IIISergeant · April 4, 1971
- MELVIN CARTER WHEELER JRCorporal · April 4, 1971
- KARL ROBERT BERBERTPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MONROE SCOTTSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 109
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.