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ALEXANDER QUIROZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1951 – May 10, 1971
Service recordAlexander Quiroz, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 29
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 29
- CLAYTON WADE JAMESChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 10, 1971
- JAMES MARTIN LUTTRELLSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- HERBERT OHLERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- THOMAS JAMES PATTONColonel · May 10, 1971
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.