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RICHARD CARL ALEXANDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1950 – September 11, 1970
Service recordRichard Carl Alexander, of Clarion, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 54
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
- Refrigeration Specialist (51L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Clarion, Pennsylvania (Clarion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 54
- CALVIN RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- ERNESTO VICTOR SALAZARCorporal · September 10, 1970
- ALAN SCOTT BOORSeaman · September 11, 1970
- ERNEST R BROWNLOW IIISpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY BRUCE GLASSFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 55
- LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 55
- JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 56
From Clarion
- ROBERT JACOB BLACKCorporal · October 15, 1966
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 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.