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JIMMIE MARRON ALVAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordJimmie Marron Alvarez, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 20
- DOUGLAS MELVIN ALLENPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- VINCENT JOHN ANASTASIOLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- GEORGE HENRY BELANGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- BENNY ROSS GUYFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENNY ROSS GUYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 20
- JOSEPH AUSTIN HADLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 26
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.