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SEFERINO ALBAREZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordSeferino Albarez JR, of Lockhart, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 7
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Lockhart, Texas (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 7
- JAMES DEVRIN CARTERWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1968
- DUANE ROGER COTTINGHAMLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- DONALD COLEMAN CROTTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
- FRANK OSCAR CUEVASCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EMORY MOREL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 13
- ROBERT WAYNE WERLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 15
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.