SP4 - E4 -
Army - Regular
101st Airborne
Division
21-year-old
Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Sep
07, 1949
From
COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS
His tour of
duty began on Feb 14, 1970
Casualty was
on Dec 06, 1970
in QUANG NAM,
SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile
Body was recovered
HELICOPTER -
CREW
AIR LOSS,
CRASH ON LAND
Religion
Alvin is buried at St Johns Cemetery,
Granite City, IL.
PROTESTANT
Panel 06W - -
Line 110
B/158 AVN #69-15184
A/C was flying over DaNang Bay to the north when they spotted a destroyer, flew
alongside port side of ship and made a cyclic climb to approx. 200', executed
sharp left turn into a power dive parallel to starboard side of ship. A/C
failed to recover from steep dive, impacted water, exploded and burned.