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DARIO DAVID GUERRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordDario David Guerra, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD GOLDINGStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1968
- JAMES RANDOLPH HARRELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE HEMPHILLHospitalman · November 23, 1968
- LESLIE A LEWISPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RAY EUGENE MCCUNEMajor · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 42
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 44
- RONALD YATES MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 44
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
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.