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ALFRED MAURO QUIROZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – January 20, 1969
Service recordAlfred Mauro Quiroz, of San Luis Obispo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- San Luis Obispo, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 43
- EDWARD HAROLD MANNSergeant First Class · January 20, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN MARTINPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- TERRY LYNN MARTINCorporal · January 20, 1969
- DAVID ELMER MORGANPetty Officer Second Class · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 41
From San Luis Obispo
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT MINERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHNSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 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.