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THOMAS EARL ALFORD III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – December 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Earl Alford III, of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Mer Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 16
- ERVIN PRESTON CANOY JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- FREDERICK LOUIS GRUBERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 16
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DEAN ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 19
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
From Mer Rouge
- JAMES WAYNE GATESLieutenant Colonel · April 6, 1966
- EUGENE LENOIRCorporal · November 13, 1969
- BOB JOE FORD JRLance Corporal · December 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.