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ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1946 – June 25, 1968
Service recordAlberto Vasquez Sanchez, of Uvalde, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 38
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
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 38
- CHARLES CARROLL SALESSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- ROBERT MILLER SCOTTFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1968
- RICHARD SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 25, 1968
From Uvalde
- ALANSON GARLAND BYNUMStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 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.