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JESUS ROBLEDO JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1949 – August 21, 1968
Service recordJesus Robledo JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 8, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 August 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 22
- ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD RUSH JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST RUSSELLFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.