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JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADO
Captain · U.S. Army
June 28, 1938 – July 25, 1969
Service recordJose Alejandro Delgado, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 43
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Officer, General (3100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 43
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- GERALD EUGENE DUBEAUSergeant · July 25, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 42
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 43
- WESLEY ERWIN MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 45
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.