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Alamo, Gabriel Ralph (Pop)
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 8480" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Alamo </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gabriel Ralph (Pop) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7 SF Group (Det A-726,Company C,1 Bn) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Master Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12008459 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th July 1964 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Lyndhurst, New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 18.11.1918 Newark, New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of August Alamo,332 Harding Avenue, Lyndhurst, New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Edna E. (nee McGhee) Alamo (1934-2002) (4 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Barringer High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>82 Airborne Division (WW2)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>187 Regimental Combat Team (Korean War)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7 SF Group 1963-64</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award D.S.C. (posthumous)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Nam Dong, South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 01E Line 57 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-alamo.761/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/761-57a98b0999f434e3cf32bd7b48c042bf.jpg?1591383058" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Gabriel Alamo entered the military before World War II and served with the 82d Airborne Division during the war. After the war's end he completed a variety of military courses, finishing the Chemical Corps School in 1950, following which he served in the Korean War. He did overseas tours in occupied Germany and Japan, and eventually volunteered for and qualified in the Special Forces. In 1964, Master Sergeant Alamo volunteered for duty in Vietnam, arriving in late spring. He was assigned to Detachment A-726, based in Nam Dong, South Vietnam, under the Command of Captain Roger Donlon. He was one of two men to earn the Distinguished Service Cross for the July 6, 1964, defense of Nam Dong (both Posthumous awards), that earned Donlon the FIRST Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War. At the time of his death in Vietnam, Gabriel Alamo's wife was pregnant. Upon receiving news of her husband's sacrifice, she miscarried.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 8480, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Alamo [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gabriel Ralph (Pop) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]7 SF Group (Det A-726,Company C,1 Bn) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Master Sergeant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]12008459 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]6th July 1964 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]45 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Lyndhurst, New Jersey[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 18.11.1918 Newark, New Jersey[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of August Alamo,332 Harding Avenue, Lyndhurst, New Jersey[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]husband of Edna E. (nee McGhee) Alamo (1934-2002) (4 children)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated Barringer High School[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]entered service 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]82 Airborne Division (WW2)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]187 Regimental Combat Team (Korean War)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]7 SF Group 1963-64[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]award D.S.C. (posthumous)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Nam Dong, South Vietnam[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 01E Line 57 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-alamo.761/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/761-57a98b0999f434e3cf32bd7b48c042bf.jpg?1591383058[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]Gabriel Alamo entered the military before World War II and served with the 82d Airborne Division during the war. After the war's end he completed a variety of military courses, finishing the Chemical Corps School in 1950, following which he served in the Korean War. He did overseas tours in occupied Germany and Japan, and eventually volunteered for and qualified in the Special Forces. In 1964, Master Sergeant Alamo volunteered for duty in Vietnam, arriving in late spring. He was assigned to Detachment A-726, based in Nam Dong, South Vietnam, under the Command of Captain Roger Donlon. He was one of two men to earn the Distinguished Service Cross for the July 6, 1964, defense of Nam Dong (both Posthumous awards), that earned Donlon the FIRST Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War. At the time of his death in Vietnam, Gabriel Alamo's wife was pregnant. Upon receiving news of her husband's sacrifice, she miscarried.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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