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JOHN DAVID GUILLEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – February 2, 1970
Service recordJohn David Guillen, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 93
- TERRY ADAM BRYSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD DIAMONDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- WILLIAM ELLYN FOLLONSergeant · February 2, 1970
- GERALD LEE GARDNERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DIAMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 93
- DOUGLAS LEE KONINGSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 94
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.