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BENITO V ALANIZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – October 18, 1968
Service recordBenito V Alaniz, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 71
- JOHN CHARLES YATESSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
- CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZSergeant · October 18, 1968
- WILLARD LEE ARNTZStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1968
- GARY WAYNE DOOLITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 73
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.