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ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1947 – September 7, 1966
Service recordAlexander Vera Hernandez, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 74
- SAMUEL LEE KEMPLance Corporal · September 7, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZLance Corporal · September 7, 1966
- JOSEPH ADRIAN G PERRONSpecialist Five · September 7, 1966
- JOHN HENRY WALKERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1966
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
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · November 9, 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.