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ALBERTO I JARA-VERANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1942 – December 24, 1966
Service recordAlberto I Jara-Verano served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1942
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 77
- ULYSSES WHITEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · December 24, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
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.