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ISRAEL ALICEA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1932 – February 10, 1967
Service recordIsrael Alicea, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1932
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 13
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- EDWIN EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- PETER BARBERACorporal · February 10, 1967
- WILLIAM J BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER FRANK DELANOSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 14
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
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.