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JESUS JAMES MEZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – February 13, 1970
Service recordJesus James Meza, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 6
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 6
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- JAMES OSCAR OLZER JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES E SMELTZER IIISergeant · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 1970
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.