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JOHN IRA ALECK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Ira Aleck, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 62
- WILLIAM FRANK ANSELMOStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- ALLEN RAY ARNOLDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- RAMON JAIME ARROYOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- JAMES LINWOOD AVERYLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.