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ALONSO ARAGON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1944 – May 7, 1968
Service recordAlonso Aragon JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1944
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE WORLEYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- LEE ROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROGER DALE CAULEYSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE CAULEYSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 19
- AARON HARTNESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 24
- DONALD JAMES MATTARO JRCaptain · Panel 56E, Line 26
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.