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JOSE EDWARDO VILLANUEVA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordJose Edwardo Villanueva, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 17
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 1970
- WINSTON JOHN SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1970
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1970
- FRED CHARLES ZIMPFERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
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.