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JOSE CAIQUEP
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1942 – January 5, 1968
Service recordJose Caiquep, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 45
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1942
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 45
- JOHN RONALD CARLOCKPrivate · January 5, 1968
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 1968
- SIDNEY HOMER COOLERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES EARLESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.