NO 19 KIA 05-12-68 PFC PAUL GILBERT ALANIZ, JR 1966 GRADUATE INDUCTED 11-29-25

 

WALL OF HONOR MEMBER

PFC Paul Gilbert Alaniz, Jr.
December 29, 1947 To May 12, 1968

Roy Miller High School: 19th casualty

Name:  PFC Paul Gilbert Alaniz, Jr. (12-29-47 to 05-12-68)

Birthday:  12/29/47

High School:  Roy Miller

Casualty No:  19

Graduated from Roy Miller:  1967

Branch:  US Marines

Time In Service:  00 yr

MOS: 0311 Rifleman

Unit:  CO, 2^nd BATTALION, 4^th MARINES, 3^rd MARINE DIVISION, III MAF

Age at Loss:  20 yrs old

Tour Of Duty:  05-05-68 to 05-12-68

Incident Location:  Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

Incident Detail:  Shot by a sniper on Mother's Day

From:  Corpus Christi, Texas

Interred:  Benavidez Cemetery

 

PICTURES OF PAUL AT ROY MILLER IN HIS SENIOR AND JOUNIOR YEARS

           

          

Medals Include: National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Combat Action Ribbon; Purple Heart Medal

Combat Action Ribbon

PAUL AND HIS SIBLINGS GREW UP IN A HAPPY HOME, COURTESY OF MOM AND DAD

NEWLY MINTED MARINE COMES HOME ON LEAVE & A YOUNG PAUL WITH PARENTS AND SISTERS  

           

FINAL GOODBYE BEFORE PALU IS LAID TO REST

Melinda Ann Chapa Petrello remembers Paul

I remember Paul Alaniz we were neighbors for many years growing up across the street from each other and then when I entered high school he graduated a year before me he was in the Miller band. The band members honored him at his funeral service. I have never forgotten that moment. It was my first experience of losing a classmate to war.