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JASPER MARION ALEXANDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1929 – March 3, 1969
Service recordJasper Marion Alexander, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 17
- RAYMOND EARL TOLSMAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- WALTER BUSILL TULLY JRMajor · March 2, 1969
- HEUVEL DAVID F VANDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- JOHN EDMOND WALTERSCorporal · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- JACOB CLARK LAANSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 26
- VERNON ELBERT SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 31
- WILLIAM OWEN WALTERSSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 34
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.