LCpl Whitmer#2269657
MOS:1371 Combat Engineer
Alfred arrived in Vietnam 1 March 1968 and was assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
LCpl Whitmer died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head and right arm during an engagement with enemy forces,during a combat patrol along a canal 7 kilometers east of Hue Citadel, Thu Thien.
LCpl Whitmer was 1 of 27 Marines that died during the combat engagement.
Alfred was single and served his country for 2 years.
Survived by his parents, Afton V & Lenora I Whitmer, and two sisters, Shirley F, of Safford, AZ., and Eva A. Cratty of Morenci, AZ.
The above submitted by Tony, Find A Grave contributor #47235247.
Alfred joined the Marine Corps as part of the Morenci Nine, who all joined as part of the buddy system.
MOS:1371 Combat Engineer
Alfred arrived in Vietnam 1 March 1968 and was assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
LCpl Whitmer died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head and right arm during an engagement with enemy forces,during a combat patrol along a canal 7 kilometers east of Hue Citadel, Thu Thien.
LCpl Whitmer was 1 of 27 Marines that died during the combat engagement.
Alfred was single and served his country for 2 years.
Survived by his parents, Afton V & Lenora I Whitmer, and two sisters, Shirley F, of Safford, AZ., and Eva A. Cratty of Morenci, AZ.
The above submitted by Tony, Find A Grave contributor #47235247.
Alfred joined the Marine Corps as part of the Morenci Nine, who all joined as part of the buddy system.
LCpl Whitmer#2269657
MOS:1371 Combat Engineer
Alfred arrived in Vietnam 1 March 1968 and was assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
LCpl Whitmer died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head and right arm during an engagement with enemy forces,during a combat patrol along a canal 7 kilometers east of Hue Citadel, Thu Thien.
LCpl Whitmer was 1 of 27 Marines that died during the combat engagement.
Alfred was single and served his country for 2 years.
Survived by his parents, Afton V & Lenora I Whitmer, and two sisters, Shirley F, of Safford, AZ., and Eva A. Cratty of Morenci, AZ.
The above submitted by Tony, Find A Grave contributor #47235247.
Alfred joined the Marine Corps as part of the Morenci Nine, who all joined as part of the buddy system.
MOS:1371 Combat Engineer
Alfred arrived in Vietnam 1 March 1968 and was assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
LCpl Whitmer died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head and right arm during an engagement with enemy forces,during a combat patrol along a canal 7 kilometers east of Hue Citadel, Thu Thien.
LCpl Whitmer was 1 of 27 Marines that died during the combat engagement.
Alfred was single and served his country for 2 years.
Survived by his parents, Afton V & Lenora I Whitmer, and two sisters, Shirley F, of Safford, AZ., and Eva A. Cratty of Morenci, AZ.
The above submitted by Tony, Find A Grave contributor #47235247.
Alfred joined the Marine Corps as part of the Morenci Nine, who all joined as part of the buddy system.
Inscription
ARIZONA
LCPL
CO B
27 MAR
1 MAR DIV
VIETNAM
PH
