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DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – March 26, 1971
Service recordDavid Ramirez Mendoza, of San Fernando, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 81
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 81
- LAWRENCE PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL RISCHPrivate · March 26, 1971
- GARY A SCHULTZSergeant · March 26, 1971
- GORDON EDMUND TIBBETTSSergeant · March 26, 1971
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.