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MICHAEL LYNN ALFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – May 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Lynn Alford, of Redlands, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 27
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BONDERERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JAMES LARRY BOSHEERSLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES HARRINGTONSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 36
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1970
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.