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MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordMichael Byron Alvarez, of Madera, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 15
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Madera, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 15
- DARRYL CHARLES LINTNERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- BURNELL WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ARNOLD AGUILARPrivate · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 20
- THOMAS MARVIN HOLCOMBEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 21
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 24
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 26
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Madera
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD LAFAYETTE INCROCCIPrivate · May 26, 1968
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 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.