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ALEJANDRO MAKINTAYA
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 6, 1941 – September 11, 1971
Service recordAlejandro Makintaya, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 14
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Repair Technician, Rotary Wing Rated (671C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 14
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
- MICHAEL JOHN KILDUFFSpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
- ALFRED JOSEPH TUTTLESpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
- ROBERT LEE GROOMSFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN KILDUFFSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 14
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.