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ALEJANDRO BIRRI BAGASOL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1929 – September 29, 1968
Service recordAlejandro Birri Bagasol served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Single-Engine Airplane Maintenance Chief (67E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1929
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 38
- STEVEN RAY BINKLEYCorporal · September 29, 1968
- RONALD THOMAS BLEACHERCorporal · September 29, 1968
- TERRY PHILIP BRADYCorporal · September 29, 1968
- LYLE GIBSON BROOKSMajor · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERWOOD DAVID KREISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 40
- ROBERT DONALD NOELLSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 42
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.