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RUSSELL ALAN ENGREN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1945 – August 25, 1966
Service recordRussell Alan Engren, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 232 SIG CO 39 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1945
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 38
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
- OLIVER DEWITT DUMASSergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- LAURENCE JOHN DUNNSergeant · August 25, 1966
- JAMES WAYNE EMERSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.