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IGNACIO ALMANZAR JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1945 – July 9, 1965
Service recordIgnacio Almanzar JR, of San Elizario, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- San Elizario, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 33
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
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.