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LUIS ANGEL ALANIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – February 5, 1970
Service recordLuis Angel Alaniz, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 102
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 102
- DANNY RAY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- JOHN MARSHALL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- OWEN TED MCCANDLISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 105
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 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.