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JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1945 – January 28, 1966
Service recordJose Antonio Gutierrez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 103
- CARLOS FIGUEREDOLance Corporal · January 28, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- JOHN EMERSON MILENDERSergeant First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY MADISON MORSEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- NATHANIEL SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
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
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 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.