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LUIS ALONZO SOTELO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1936 – July 21, 1969
Service recordLuis Alonzo Sotelo, of Tulare, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 29
- MARTIN WAYNE DROIGKPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · July 21, 1969
- MICHAEL BLAKE FINNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 29
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 30
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 30
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 31
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 32
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 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.