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HECTOR FUENTES
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 29, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordHector Fuentes, of Riverside, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 102
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 102
- MARGARITO GARZACorporal · July 2, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH GOLEMBSKIPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WARREN HARVEY GRANT JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- MICHAEL LEROY GRAVESLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP HOWELL CONVERSEHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 99
- EDWARD ROBERT LOZANOHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER J MAGUIRE IIIPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 22E, Line 108
- STEPHEN ALBERT MENSHEKHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 109
- JONATHAN ANSEL SAWYERHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 114
- THOMAS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD ROELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
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.