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XAVIER AMADO ARVIZU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordXavier Amado Arvizu, of Monterey Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Monterey Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 31
- RAY GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT YASKANICHLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN PAUL ZIEGLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS ALDERIDGESpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 32
- GILBERT MICHAEL CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 33
- WILLIAM JAMES LEVETTSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 37
From Monterey Park
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · August 12, 1967
- RALPH MARIO VALENCIALance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · April 30, 1968
- TOM DENNIS SUGIURACorporal · September 2, 1968
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
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.