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DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1945 – May 9, 1968
Service recordDavid Guerrero Nunez JR, of Brawley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Brawley, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 30
- JOHN HENRY KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN NOBLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL SICKLESLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN RICHARD GIBNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 22
- RICHARD EDWIN NOBLESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 30
- FRED LAMAR WHILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 2
From Brawley
- BENNY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM DUNCANPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- HERBERT GEORGE LUCASSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1968
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.