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JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – May 2, 1969
Service recordJose Carmen Alvarez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 97
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 97
- FLETCHER W BOLES IISergeant · May 2, 1969
- NEIL SHIPP BROWNPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT CASEMaster Sergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 99
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN RYANSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 102
- JOHN FRANCIS STEWARTCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 103
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.