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BERNARDO RODRIGUE ALVAREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 22, 1950 – April 24, 1971
Service recordBernardo Rodrigue Alvarez, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 6
- MELVIN JAMES WILLIAMSSergeant · April 23, 1971
- BILL EDWARD BLANTONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILL EDWARD BLANTONSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 6
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 7
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.