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MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1944 – March 11, 1967
Service recordMichael Edward Alderson, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 55
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- CALVIN PERRY WHITESergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- HARVEY ROBERT JA CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOREN AARON ARMLINSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE JAMES BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 56
- DONALD LEE BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- DENNIS JOHN DEMICHAELPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- ROY EDWARD GARDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 58
- JOSE GARZA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 58
- DANA LEON GERALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 58
- CALVIN KYRLE GRAESER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- GUY PAUL GUADAGNOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JOHN ROBERT KREIDLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 61
- DOUGLAS O MUNDHENKESpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 62
- FREDDIE MARSHALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 63
- RICHARD NASH MCINERNEYCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 63
- BRADLEY EUGENE PETERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 64
- RICHARD A ROWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 65
- ROBERT EARNEST SCHOPPAULSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 65
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ANDREW TRAPANIStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 66
- RICHARD STEVEN WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MURRAY DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
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.