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JOHN ULMER MCALISTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1926 – May 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Ulmer McAlister, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 11
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1926
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 66E, Line 11
- RODNEY ELMER MARRUFO JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL MILLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- CLIFTON PEARCE MOAKFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- JAMES ALLEN SMITHCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 2
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 67E, Line 3
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID HELMSTETLERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 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.