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THOMAS SAMUEL ALFRED
Private · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – April 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Samuel Alfred, of Oceanside, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 35
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · April 22, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- ARTHUR WYMAN BALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1968
- WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JRSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 36
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51E, Line 37
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 38
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 40
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 41
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · Panel 51E, Line 42
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
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.