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ANTHONY ALBERT ALENCASTRE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1948 – April 14, 1968
Service recordAnthony Albert Alencastre, of Concord, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 50
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 1968
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.