Joe Alonzo Jr.

September 10, 1945 - April 22, 2010

Joe Alonzo Jr. served with HHC 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
from February 1966 to July 1967. He deployed to Vietnam
in July 1966 as one of the original "boat people" who were
the first soldiers of 1st Battalion to ship out to Vietnam on the
troop transport U.S.N.S. General Nelson M. Walker.

Joe "Peche" Alonzo born on September 10, 1945 in San Antonio, Texas went to be with the
Lord on April 22, 2010 at the age of 64. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Micaela Alonzo in 2004; mother, Bertha Alonzo;
sister, Carmen Martinez; and sister-in-law, Helen Alonzo.

Survivors include his daughters, Rebecca L. Alonzo & husband David Garza, Sandra A. Wolfe
& husband Fernando, and Rose M. Burdwell & husband Robert; sons, Joe M. Alonzo III &
Carmen Montoya and David Alonzo; grandchildren, Joe M. Alonzo IV & Jackie Briones,
Christian J. Alonzo, Adrian M. Alonzo, Marisol A. Alonzo, Fernando P. Wolfe, Michael A.
Wolfe, Ariel M. Wolfe, Dylan J. Wolfe, Isaiah A. Burdwell, Jacob A. Burdwell, and Ella
Rose Burdwell; great-grandchildren, Aaliyah M. Alonzo and Lauren A. Alonzo; brothers,
Jessie Alonzo and Edward Alonzo & wife Isabel; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Visitation will be from 6-9pm with a rosary to be recited at 7pm on Monday~April 26, 2010
at Sunset Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10am on Tuesday~April 27,
2010 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 16075 N. Evans Rd, Selma, TX 78154.
Interment will follow at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.

From the Find A Grave website

Joe Alonzo Jr. in Vietnam

Photo courtesy of SGT Joe Alonzo IV in loving memory of his grandfather

BURIAL
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Top photo by Ms. Clyde from the Find A Grave website

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