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WILLIAM LEE ALEXANDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1950 – May 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lee Alexander, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 24
- WAYNE MICHAEL WILSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- PETER ROBERT ADAMSLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- JACKIE DENNIS BASSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- THOMAS LEE BLEVINS JRCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CRAIG OWENSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 29
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.