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ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1943 – August 20, 1967
Service recordAlfred Joseph Cornejo, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1943
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 19
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- RUDOLPH MELENDEZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RUDOLPH MELENDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 20
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 20
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 20
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 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.