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ISMAEL MENDEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1950 – December 28, 1968
Service recordIsmael Mendez JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 85
- JAMES BOYD ARTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1968
- ROBERT GLENN KIMBLEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD JRMajor · December 28, 1968
- DENNIS ERWIN MICKELSONLance Corporal · December 28, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.