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ALFONSO OLMOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordAlfonso Olmos, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 22
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD NULTON IISpecialist Five · July 19, 1969
- THOMAS ELDEN ROSESpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERYL FRANKLIN DRISKILLPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 19
- JOHN GARY GERTSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLAN HAVLIKPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ALLEN HAWKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
- WALTER KARASCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
- DUREL STEVENS WOODSCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 24
- HARRY PATRICK YINGLINGSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 24
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 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.