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GUADALUPE NATAL ZUNIGA
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – December 17, 1967
Service recordGuadalupe Natal Zuniga, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 16
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- MARION BERNARD WEARINGCorporal · December 17, 1967
- DOYLE LYNN BELLLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- JAMES D BLANDENSpecialist Five · December 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · Panel 32E, Line 14
- MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELLCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 15
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.