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JAVIER BECERRA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1946 – April 20, 1967
Service recordJavier Becerra, of Weslaco, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Weslaco, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- 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
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 52
- GEORGE TYRUS BEANSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- EDUARDO PAUL BRANESSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- RUFUS RAY CROOMSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- DAVID LEE DELAUGHDERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
From Weslaco
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO ROSASStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- JOE DANIEL DUNNStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
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.