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AMADO ALANIZ JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1949 – March 30, 1971
Service recordAmado Alaniz JR, of Pawnee, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Pawnee, Texas (Bee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 94
- TERRY LEE BOSWORTHCorporal · March 30, 1971
- DEWITT WILCOX BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
- RONALD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · March 30, 1971
- DAVID FRANK NIDEVERMajor · March 30, 1971
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.