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JOE GILBERT LONGORIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1949 – April 19, 1969
Service recordJoe Gilbert Longoria, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 10
- DARYL LEE LOWERYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- TERRY BROWN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- PERCY MOORESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- CARL PHILLIP MORRISONSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 6
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 8
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 11
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 12
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.