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JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 22, 1944 – September 13, 1968
Service recordJose D Gutierrez-Velazquez, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 46
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY DAVISSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 45
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOHN WESLEY DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- RAYMOND COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 48
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 49
- RAYMOND EDWARD LANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 50
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 44W, Line 51
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- ERNEST DELBERT PEINASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 44W, Line 53
- GERALD W PLUNKETTCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 53
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · Panel 44W, Line 54
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 55
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 1971
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.