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ALFREDO JOSE SAENZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1944 – December 30, 1966
Service recordAlfredo Jose Saenz, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 101
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 101
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- HUGH FRANCIS WINTERHALTERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GILBERT LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 102
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.