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JESUS DIEZ NIETO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1950 – August 24, 1969
Service recordJesus Diez Nieto JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 108
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 108
- ROY DEWAYNE MCLENNANSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- GARY ALAN OHMANSecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL ORTIZLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · August 24, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.