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JESUS V AVILA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1945 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJesus V Avila, of Dinuba, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 29
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Dinuba, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 29
- JAMES BARTON ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1968
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD EDWARD BRYANSergeant · January 25, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DENHOFFPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH HAROLD DRESSELPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 31
From Dinuba
- DAVID ROSE LILLYPrivate · September 9, 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.