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GABRIEL RALPH ALAMO
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1918 – July 6, 1964
Service recordGabriel Ralph Alamo, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 18, 1918
- Home of record
- Lyndhurst, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1964
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 57
- CHARLES L KELLYMajor · July 1, 1964
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · July 6, 1964
- LEONARD WAYNE LOCKARDSpecialist Five · July 10, 1964
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · Panel 1E, Line 57
From Lyndhurst
- JOSEPH CARMINE DEJESSAPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- FRANK THOMAS LOPINTOLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIAM GARY EGGENBERGERSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.