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DOMINGO MENDOZA TERRONEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1945 – September 9, 1968
Service recordDomingo Mendoza Terronez, of Rio Vista, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Rio Vista, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 13
- ALVIN MONDAYLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN TREZEKPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- PAUL MARTINEZ VARAPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD D BURKESergeant · Panel 44W, Line 8
- DAVID ROSE LILLYPrivate · Panel 44W, Line 10
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.