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ALFONZO LOUIS ESPINOZA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – April 12, 1971
Service recordAlfonzo Louis Espinoza JR, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 120
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · April 11, 1971
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- DENNIS GEORGE DONOVANPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS GEORGE DONOVANPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- CHARLES LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 121
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.