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JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1942 – January 20, 1967
Service recordJulian Martinez Alvarez, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 55
- MURLIN EUGENE BOONConstructionman · January 20, 1967
- JAMES NORMAN BYERSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- JACK LARELL COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 54
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 56
- JOHN LOREN HAYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 57
- RONALD LEROY KENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 57
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 57
- WILLIAM JAMES MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 59
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.