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GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1945 – August 12, 1967
Service recordGeorge Calderon Alvarez, of Monterey Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Monterey Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 102
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- EDWIN LEE ATTERBERRYLieutenant Colonel · August 12, 1967
- EUGENE CASTANEDASergeant · August 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 104
- EDWARD D RANDAZZOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 105
From Monterey Park
- RALPH MARIO VALENCIALance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · April 30, 1968
- TOM DENNIS SUGIURACorporal · September 2, 1968
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
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.