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GUADALUPE MENDOZA LEAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordGuadalupe Mendoza Leal, of Quitaque, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Quitaque, Texas (Briscoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 43
- DAVID LEE HOPKINSSecond Lieutenant · August 1, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE HOWELance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD JONESLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WILLISCorporal · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BANDYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 40
- DONALD LE ROY CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 41
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.