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ADALBERTO R E VERDUGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – February 24, 1969
Service recordAdalberto R E Verdugo, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 37
- VICTOR CARL JAUERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- TOMMY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES LEVETTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- HAROLD ST CLAIR LEWISSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE ROGER ELLISONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 34
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.