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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

Guadalupe M Alvarez

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

D Co, 11th Eng Bn

LCpl Guadalupe M. Alvarez, Donna, TX
LCpl John R. Vanderzicht, Pompano Beach, FL
Pfc Joseph B. Sumpter, McRoberts, KY

G Btry, 65th Artillery, US Army

SGT James L. Tweed, Findlay, OH

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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")

A Note from The Virtual Wall

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")