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ROBERT ALVAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1947 – March 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Alvarez, of Clint, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 33
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
- Tank/Assault Guided Missile Man (0361)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Clint, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- 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
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 33
- RICHARD DONALD ADAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN HENRY ARMSTRONGCorporal · March 24, 1967
- FREDERICK HAROLD BRODHAGENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Clint
- MANUEL RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.