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ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordAlbert Martinez Rizo, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 12
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH RUVOLISCorporal · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE SANDSCorporal · May 12, 1968
- DANNY LEE WIDNERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
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.