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ALEJANDRO DEJESUS-MUNOZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1932 – April 1, 1968
Service recordAlejandro Dejesus-Munoz, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 31
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 31
- KENNETH LEE CRISTPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY CUTTINGPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LARRY EUEL DARDENLance Corporal · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FISCHERCaptain · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALDEN BRENNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 30
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 32
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 33
- MORTIMER LELANE OCONNORLieutenant Colonel · Panel 47E, Line 35
- CURTIS ALLEN RHODESCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 36
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
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.