Alvarado Santos Valencia, Jr.

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Santos Valencia, Jr. Alvarado is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

UN Memorial Wall of Remembrance

Name:

Santos Valencia, Jr. Alvarado

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

56077922

Unit:

179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division

Date of Death:

1952-06-29

State:

Arizona

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 4

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Combat Infantryman Badge; Korean Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal

Comments:

Santos Valencia Alvarado Jr. was born on January 3, 1931, in Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona. He served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Alvarado was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 29, 1952. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov