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JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – March 22, 1967
Service recordJose Benigno Tijerina, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1967, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 25
- DANIEL MORRIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- THOMAS NORMAN TOLESONCorporal · March 22, 1967
- DAVID VASQUEZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARLIE C HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 19
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.