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ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1946 – April 28, 1969
Service recordAlberto Gutierrez Cortez, of Kingsville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Texas (Kleberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 69
- HAL CUSHMAN CASTLE JRLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- GERALD FRANK COULTHARTSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- JOHN SANFORD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- JOHN CLINTON DAVISSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
From Kingsville
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · August 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
- DANIEL TELLEZPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 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.