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MONROE ALAN POWERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – November 13, 1970
Service recordMonroe Alan Powers, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 57
- JAMES LEWIS HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- ALVIN JOSEPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- JOHN GREGORY STRACHOTASpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 56
- JOHN GREGORY STRACHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.