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GUADALUPE RENDON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 19, 1946 – June 9, 1967
Service recordGuadalupe Rendon, of Casa Grande, Arizona, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Casa Grande, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 79
- RICKY LYNN HERNDONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- CONRAD THOMAS LANGELance Corporal · June 9, 1967
- JAMES C MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
From Casa Grande
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · November 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY PATTERSONCorporal · March 30, 1967
- JERRY ALAN HURDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · May 27, 1968
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY LUTRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 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.