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ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1944 – May 7, 1968
Service recordIsidro Briceno Jimenez, of San Gabriel, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 26
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1944
- Home of record
- San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 26
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · May 7, 1968
- GLEE ROY LIGHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- DONALD JAMES MATTARO JRCaptain · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 27
- RICK HAROLD FOSBURGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 28
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 31
- JOHN R THORNHILL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 32
From San Gabriel
- BRUCE HORACE EATONSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · February 2, 1968
- LEE THOMAS HAMMANHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT PINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES MITTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 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.