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Home State
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Year of Birth 1945 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SGT James E. Reece, III (Team Leader, Vietnam Profiles)
to remember
Alvis, Donald Dean, SSG.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Hope, IN |
Last Address Hope, IN
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Casualty Date Feb 09, 1968 |
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Cause Hostile, Died |
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam) |
Conflict Vietnam War |
Location of Interment Moravian Cemetery - Hope, Indiana |
Wall/Plot Coordinates 38E 042 |
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1966-1966, 11B10, (11B AIT) Infantryman Training Course
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1967-1967, 11B20, United States Forces Korea (USFK)
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1967-1968, 11B40, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry
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1967-1968, 11B40, 196th Infantry Brigade (Light)
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Last Known Activity
The Tet Offensive began in late January 1968 and heavy fighting continued through February. In Quang Nam Province, the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, lost twelve men near Lo Giang on 09 Feb 1968:
A Company:
SSG Donald J. Haile, Caldwell, ID
PFC John J. Palmieri, Riverside, CT
B Company:
SGT Willis C. Rheault, Lake Linden, MI
C Company:
SSG Donald D. Alvis, Hope, IN
SSG Norbert P. Holzapfel, Pittsburgh, PA
SGT Alfred H. Bleigh, Sutton, WV
PFC Joseph P. Conklin, Haverstraw, NY
PFC Gerald P. Williams, Oakland, CA
D Company:
SSG William N. Flint, Naples, FL
SGT Lauren J. Heydinger, Norwalk, OH
CPL Darrel A. Bondrowski, Boothwyn, PA
CPL Ronald L. Brown, Portsmouth, VA
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