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GUILLERMO DAVILA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1949 – June 26, 1969
Service recordGuillermo Davila JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 17
- JOHN LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES CAMERONSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- JACKIE COOTSSergeant · June 26, 1969
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.