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HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1941 – January 13, 1967
Service recordHector M Alcocer-Martinez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Caguas, Puerto Rico (Caguas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 19
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT BIZZELLSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTOPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 20
- ROBERT VICTOR WOODSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 25
From Caguas
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERASPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 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.