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ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILES
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 10, 1943 – September 11, 1969
Service recordAlfredo Edwardo Aviles, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 66
- DONALD EUGENE STEPPSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- JERRY DEAN WHITECaptain · September 10, 1969
- LEWIS EDWARD WOODSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 67
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- KENNETH WAYNE FIELDSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 70
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 71
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.