Guadalupe Masias Alvarez
Lance Corporal
D CO, 11TH ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Donna, Texas
April 30, 1945 to September 09, 1967
GUADALUPE MASIAS ALVAREZ is on the Wall at Panel 26E, Line 40

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Combat Action Ribbon
 
Guadalupe M Alvarez
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03 Jan 2003

Eternal Father, grant, we pray,
To all Marines, both night and day,
The courage, honor, strength, and skill
Their Land to serve, thy law fulfill;
Be thou the shield forevermore
From every peril to the Corps.
From the Navy Hymn
("Eternal Father")

REMEMBERED
by the men of the
11th Engineer Battalion

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 11th Engineer Battalion's Command Chronology for September 1967 contains the following entry:
"9 Sept 1967: At 0945H, "D" Company's sweep team was ambushed on Route 1, YD215725 by small arms, mortar, and hand grenades. This action resulted in 3 KIAs and 7 WIAs to the sweep team plus 1 KIA and 3 WIAs on the Army's supporting truck mounted quad 50 machine gun."
The four men who were killed were

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