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GUILLERMO DELEON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1946 – January 5, 1968
Service recordGuillermo Deleon JR, of Uvalde, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 46
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES DESILETSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY ARTHUR DIEFENBACHSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 45
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 47
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 48
- ALVIN SAMUEL JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 49
- FLORIAN HENRY KUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 52
From Uvalde
- ALANSON GARLAND BYNUMStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
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.