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ALFONSO IBANEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – January 14, 1968
Service recordAlfonso Ibanez, of Alice, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 49
- STANLEY HENRY HORNEColonel · August 27, 1967
- FREDRICK H HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- PATRICK CLINTON MORTUSSergeant · January 14, 1968
From Alice
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
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.