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MANUEL BUSTOS ALONZO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1931 – March 16, 1969
Service recordManuel Bustos Alonzo, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1931
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 50
- WILLIAM JACKSONPrivate · March 15, 1969
- MORGAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- CHARLES RONALD BARNESCaptain · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES COFIELD JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 52
- DENNIS MICHAEL GROVESCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 53
- FRANK JOHN JOE MATTERACorporal · Panel 29W, Line 55
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 55
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 57
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.