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LAURIE LEON ALEXANDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1934 – August 14, 1966
Service recordLaurie Leon Alexander, of Shelbyville, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Indiana (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 3
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 3
- EDWARD JOSEPH DALTON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 4
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 5
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 6
From Shelbyville
- EDWARD CLARENCE HANDLYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS BUSBYSenior Chief Petty Officer · October 23, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · January 20, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD DALE JAMESCorporal · December 8, 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.