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HILARIO H GUAJARDO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1947 – May 1, 1967
Service recordHilario H Guajardo, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 RGT 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 5
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROGER CONRAD GAUGHANCorporal · May 1, 1967
- MICHAEL J HILBURGERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- BOBBY EARNEST HUNTStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
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.