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JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1945 – August 7, 1968
Service recordJose Celso Dejesus-Colon, of Freehold, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 22
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Freehold, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 22
- RICHARD RALPH CERRAPrivate · August 7, 1968
- ROBERTO COBARRUBIASSergeant · August 7, 1968
- DARYL CHESTER CULVERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 21
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 21
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 22
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 23
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 26
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 26
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 26
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 27
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 27
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 27
From Freehold
- WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKIChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 21, 1967
- BARTON EDWARD HAYNESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ANTHONY DAPONTECorporal · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
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.