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SANCHEZ ALEJO DELVALLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – August 15, 1969
Service recordSanchez Alejo Delvalle, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 44
- TYRONE CHATMANCorporal · August 15, 1969
- RICKY WAYNE CHURCHCorporal · August 15, 1969
- CHESTER LEON GOINSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- JOHNNIE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 43
- JOHNNIE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 44
- ROBERT HAZEN SHIELDS IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 47
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.