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ANTONIO JIMENEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1938 – March 5, 1966
Service recordAntonio Jimenez, of Waco, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 119
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- January 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 119
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- THOMAS PATRICK JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE LYNCH JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 119
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.