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ALVARO BARBOSA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – December 12, 1970
Service recordAlvaro Barbosa, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 115
- OTIS ELIZA ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES PETRASHUNEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARRY EDWIN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 116
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 117
- CARLOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 117
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 118
- MICHAEL KEITH WOODCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 118
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.