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MICHAEL HADWIN ALSEVER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – December 6, 1970
Service recordMichael Hadwin Alsever, of Pennellville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Pennellville, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 109
- BILLIE RICHARD STROHLSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
- ROBERT WILBER TOLER JRStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1970
- STEVEN CRAIG WILLISPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD BAILEYSergeant · December 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 110
- WALTER VERNON MARCUMStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 110
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.