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ALBERTO VADIRODRIGUEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 4, 1950 – March 17, 1972
Service recordAlberto Vadirodriguez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 116
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 116
- JOHN MICHAEL MINORFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- JAMES JODY POCKEYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JODY POCKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 116
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
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.