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RAUL ALVARADO JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – March 3, 1969
Service recordRaul Alvarado JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 18
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 18
- LYNN DENNIS ANDERSONSpecialist Five · March 3, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE ANGELPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MELVIN LYNN APPLEBURYSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- PHILIP LOU BAKERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 27
- CALVIN EDMUNDSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 28
- DUANE CARL PAEPKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 28
- LESTER RAY STONE JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 33
- RONALD CHARLES THIEXSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 34
- OLIVER KENNETH WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 34
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.