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ALFREDO D GRANADO-AVILES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – December 1, 1968
Service recordAlfredo D Granado-Aviles, of San German, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- San German, Puerto Rico (San German County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 17
- LARRY STEVEN HEATERLance Corporal · December 1, 1968
- DAVID PETER HELLENBRANDSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · December 1, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE LAWTONSergeant · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK LOUIS GRUBERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 16
From San German
- ARAMIS GONZALEZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- JOSE MANUEL LLANTIN-ORTIZSergeant · January 31, 1970
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.