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MARK AFFLERBACH
Captain · U.S. Army
July 8, 1945 – March 7, 1971
Service recordMark Afflerbach, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 30
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 30
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- RANDOLPH JEFFERSON ARDChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 7, 1971
- TERRY LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1971
- PHILLIP MICHAEL BRANDONSpecialist Four · March 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SHELDON JOHN BURNETTColonel · Panel 4W, Line 31
- HYRUM BARRY PORTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 31
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.