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WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1949 – April 15, 1970
Service recordWilliam Richard Alfredson, of Menominee, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Menominee, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 5
- SANDRO NICHOLAS BARONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1970
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 15, 1970
- HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENSStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · April 15, 1970
From Menominee
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 1970
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
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.