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MICKEY ROY ALEXANDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – October 21, 1969
Service recordMickey Roy Alexander, of Ft Supply, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 99
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Supply, Oklahoma (Woodward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 99
- WILLIAM WENTWORTH STUBBSStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1969
- ALEXANDER VIGILSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JOE NATHANIEL WATSONLance Corporal · October 20, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 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.