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JOHN ALFONSO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1946 – July 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Alfonso, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- New Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 93
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
From New Brunswick
- NED RAYMOND HERROLDCaptain · May 31, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH ANASIEWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR SKILESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RICHARD TREMBLAYLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JAMES MINES JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- FRANKIE ZOLY MOLNARStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- MARION MARSHALL HOPKINSCorporal · October 4, 1967
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
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.