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ANGEL ALARID QUEVEDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1951 – October 31, 1971
Service recordAngel Alarid Quevedo, of Santa Rita, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Rita, New Mexico (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 58
- CARL DELBERT TOMLIN JRTechnical Sergeant · October 31, 1971
- THOMAS PAUL FRANKCommander · November 1, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN HINOSpecialist Four · November 1, 1971
- JOSE MALDONADOStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1971
From Santa Rita
- OCTAVIANO MARTINEZ HARVEYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- DAVID CENTENO GRIJALVALance Corporal · April 27, 1967
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.