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FEDERICO ALANIZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordFederico Alaniz JR, of Watsonville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 37
- JOSEPH BENSON WALKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- DONALD MICHAEL WAYMANPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- GREGORY IRA WERTSLance Corporal · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN HIPOLITO CAMARGOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 44
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 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.