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JESUS MEJIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJesus Mejia, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 14
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 14
- WALTER HUGH MAULDINMaster Sergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONNIE GORDON LEWISLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- LOUIS CARDELL LOWELance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- MICHAEL HENRY LYNCHSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT MAURERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- RICHARD JOSEPH GUERREROSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 11
- JOHNNY JOE HONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 60E, Line 12
- LANCE JACK KOHANKECorporal · Panel 60E, Line 13
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.