SSG. Luis D. Alamo, III U.S. Army died Saturday, January 21, 2012 in Louisiana. Born in Lima, OH on December 17, 1981, he was the son of Luis Daniel Alamo, Jr. and Aida I. Ramirez.
SSG. Alamo was a Mortar Section Sergeant with the Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment and had served his country proudly with two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq.
His hobbies included playing football, baseball, hunting, fishing, skydiving, motorcycles but his greatest passion was his Mitsubishi Eclipse, "Blue". He will be remembered as a God fearing and generous man.
A graveside service with full military honors will be held at 1:00PM, Tuesday, January 31st, at the Salisbury National Cemetery with Rev. Don Vess officiating. The family will receive friends from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Monday, January 30th at The Derita Chapel of McEwen Funeral Service, 6300 Mallard Creek Road
In addition to his parents, SSG. Alamo is survived his wife, Rita H. Rodriguez, of De Ridder, LA; a sister, Angela Alamo, of Hinesville, GA;a step-son, Eli Rodriguez, of De Ridder, LA; two grandmothers, Isabel Luisa Santana Aguayo, Carmen E. Tirado De Alamo; a great-grandmother, Aida Aguayo Concepcion and a grandfather, Juio Ramirez Santiago, all of Puerto Rico.