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CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – October 18, 1968
Service recordCyril Anthony Alveraz, of El Sobrante, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- El Sobrante, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 71
- JOHN CHARLES YATESSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
- BENITO V ALANIZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- WILLARD LEE ARNTZStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1968
- GARY WAYNE DOOLITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 72
- HERBERT CYRIL LANGENHORSTCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 74
From El Sobrante
- CRAIG ALDEN VERLINDENSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DONALD GORDON MACINTOSHSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · July 3, 1969
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.