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DANIEL ALBERT ALEGRE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – February 28, 1970
Service recordDaniel Albert Alegre, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 66
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · February 27, 1970
- JAMES DOWNING AALUNDSergeant · February 28, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
- SHERMAN BOCHNEWETCH IIFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 67
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.