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ALFONSO MARQUEZ DURAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1950 – July 26, 1969
Service recordAlfonso Marquez Duran, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 48
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 48
- JOHN ALAN BRAXTONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- GEORGE HENRY CLIFFORDCorporal · July 26, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES DIONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- RONALD KING DYCKSSpecialist Four · July 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL OLIVER THOMASSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 52
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.