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ALEX JIM ALVAREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordAlex Jim Alvarez, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 94
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 94
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- MELVIN ELIJAH WHITESpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT AMBROGISergeant · June 7, 1969
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DUTYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 99
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 106
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 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.