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File Unit: Combat Area Casualties Current File, 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998
in the Series: Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam War,
created 1/20/1967 - 12/1998,
documenting the period 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998.
- Record Group 330
(info)
Brief Scope: This series contains records of U.S. military officers and soldiers who died as a result of either a hostile or nonhostile occurrence or who were missing in action or prisoners of war in the Southeast Asian combat area during the Vietnam War, including casualties that occurred in Cambodia, China, Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Thailand.
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| Field Title |
Value |
Meaning |
|
MILITARY SERVICE |
A
|
DA [Department of the Army]
|
|
COUNTRY OF CASUALTY |
VS
|
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
|
|
TYPE OF CASUALTY |
A2
|
Hostile - Died of Wounds
|
|
REFERENCE NUMBER |
19809
|
19809
|
|
NAME |
WIGHT ALONZO WILLIAM
|
WIGHT ALONZO WILLIAM
|
|
DATE RECORD PROCESSED |
6902
|
6902
|
|
SOCIAL SECURITY OR SERVICE # |
11483129
|
11483129
|
|
MILITARY GRADE |
SP5
|
SPECIALIST FIFTH CLASS
|
|
PAY GRADE |
E5
|
SPECIALIST FIFTH CLASS (U.S. ARMY) or SERGEANT (U.S. ARMY, U.S. MARINE CORPS) or STAFF SERGEANT (U.S. AIR FORCE) or GRADE/RATE ABBREVIATIONS WITH FIRST COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; SECOND COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; THIRD COLUMN: 2; FOURTH COLUMN: BLANK (U.S. NAVY, U.S. COAST GUARD) or GRADE/RATE ABBREVIATIONS WITH FIRST COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; SECOND COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; THIRD COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; FOURTH COLUMN: 2 (U.S. NAVY, U.S. COAST GUARD)
|
|
DATE OF DEATH or DATE DECLARED DEAD (MM/DD/YYYY) |
02/22/69
|
02/22/1969
|
|
HOME OF RECORD CITY |
NEWRY
|
NEWRY
|
|
HOME OF RECORD STATE CODE |
20
|
Maine
|
|
SERVICE OCCUPATIONAL CODE |
11D40
|
Armor Intelligence Specialist (ARMY)
|
|
DATE OF BIRTH (MM/DD/YYYY) |
01/23/48
|
01/23/1948
|
|
REASON |
G
|
Explosive Device (Grenade, Mine, Booby Trap, etc.)
|
|
AIRCRAFT OR NOT AIRCRAFT |
7
|
Ground Casualty
|
|
RACE |
C
|
Caucasian
|
|
RELIGION CODE |
72
|
Protestant- No Denominational Preference
|
|
LENGTH OF SERVICE |
02
|
2
|
|
MARITAL STATUS |
S
|
Single (Spouse Not Listed)
|
|
SEX |
M
|
Male
|
|
CITIZEN CODE |
1
|
U.S.
|
|
POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION |
0
|
Not Posthumously Promoted
|
|
DATE TOUR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BEGAN (MM/DD/YYYY) |
670810
|
08/10/1967
|
|
LAST RECORD CODE |
1
|
Final Record
|
|
BODY RECOVERED OR NOT |
*
|
Body Recovered
|
|
AGE |
21
|
21
|
|
COMPONENT |
R
|
Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
|
|
COMMENTS |
|
|
|
TYPE |
|
|
|
PROVINCE CODE |
06
|
Military Region 2 - Kontum
|
|
CORPCD |
02
|
02
|
|
PROCD |
2
|
2
|
|
FLAG |
_
|
_
|