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JOHN JERALD ALMANZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – August 26, 1967
Service recordJohn Jerald Almanza, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 45
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- FILBERTO AGUIRRE JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RIM MICHAEL DUNGEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 46
- ILLINOIS EMORY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 46
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.