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ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1944 – June 26, 1966
Service recordAlberto Angel Avalos, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 96
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 96
- FRANKLIN ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- WILBURN HUGH BOYDLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- CHARLES CHUCK BROWNSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
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.