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ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – January 20, 1969
Service recordEncarnacion Alegre Suarez, of Escondido, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 41
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · January 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- JIMMY LEON GREENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 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.