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ALEXANDER VIDALES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1922 – February 22, 1967
Service recordAlexander Vidales, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Stevedore (56E)
- Born
- February 9, 1922
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 76
- WILLIAM MAXWELL POWERSSpecialist Five · February 22, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- HOMER URRABAZOSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- WILLIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.