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TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1943 – August 23, 1968
Service recordTalmadge Horton Alphin JR, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 36
- ROBERT MATTHEW WORSHINSKISergeant · August 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO WRIGHTLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BRIC IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 38
- DONALD RAY KERNSSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 46
- JAMES THOMAS KICKLITERSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 46
- TADEUSZ MARIAN KEPCZYKSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 50
- CHARLES RAYMOND NORRISMaster Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 51
- RICHARD EPPS PEGRAM JRSergeant Major · Panel 47W, Line 51
- PAUL D POTTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 51
- ROLF ERNST RICKMERSMaster Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 52
- ANTHONY JOHN SANTANASpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 53
- JAMES WARREN SMITHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 53
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH UYESAKASergeant · Panel 47W, Line 56
- HOWARD STEVEN VARNIStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 56
- HAROLD ROBERT VOORHEISSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 57
- ALBERT MARION WALTERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 57
- DONALD WALTER WELCHSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 57
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 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.