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ALFONSO ALFRED MONTERROSO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1942 – September 15, 1967
Service recordAlfonso Alfred Monterroso, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 76
- GLEN ARVID MAKICorporal · September 15, 1967
- CHARLIE MEARL MCKEELance Corporal · September 15, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE SHOWMAKERSergeant · September 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TEMEN CHERRY JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- RICHARD E GLAESMANSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 75
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 75
- RONALD EUGENE SHOWMAKERSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 76
- MAURICE GENE WIDICKSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 77
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.