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JOHN JUAREZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1944 – December 4, 1967
Service recordJohn Juarez, of Colton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Colton, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 35
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- ADRIAN EALON HOWELLFireman · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOHN KELLYCaptain · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · Panel 31E, Line 33
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 37
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 38
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 38
- ALVESTER LEE WINSTONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 39
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 40
From Colton
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- REYES C HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 30, 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.