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PAUL GILBERT ALANIZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordPaul Gilbert Alaniz JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 29
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · May 12, 1968
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.