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JOE MANUEL JUAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – December 10, 1968
Service recordJoe Manuel Juarez, of Pecos, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 84
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Pecos, Texas (Reeves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 84
- DAVID MICHAEL DICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE COFFMANPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLLAND EUGENE DARLING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 79
- FREDDIE JUNIOR DOBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 80
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 82
- DAVID MICHAEL DICKMANSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 84
From Pecos
- JONATHON E THOMAS JRFirst Sergeant · January 23, 1967
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ERNESTO SALVADOR PEREASpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JERNIGANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1968
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1969
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.