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JOSE F GUERRERO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1949 – January 9, 1970
Service recordJose F Guerrero JR, of Anaheim, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 22
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · January 10, 1970
- MONTE RAOUL DEVEREMaster Sergeant · January 10, 1970
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES STEFKOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 17
- RICHARD WAYNE HIBBLERSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 18
- GERALD ARTHUR JACKSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 19
- TEDD MCCLUNE LEWISMajor · Panel 14W, Line 19
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.