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WILLIE EDWARD ALSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1942 – May 15, 1968
Service recordWillie Edward Alston, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 17
- MARTIN ROY NIEMILance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JAMES FRED TURNEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ZEIGLERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO IIISpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 19
- MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 21
- RANDOLPH PHILLIP ESTRADACorporal · Panel 60E, Line 22
- FRED WILLIAM MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 4
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.