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JESUS HERNANDEZ DELEON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1946 – March 14, 1970
Service recordJesus Hernandez Deleon, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 126
- JERRY DON COPELANDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- DANA ALLEN DILLEYCaptain · March 14, 1970
- CECIL LEE DOBSONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAM KOLBStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DON COPELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 126
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.