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JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordJose Francisco Arroyo, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 95
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 95
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS WOODSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · June 20, 1969
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 96
- JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 96
- DANIEL HAROLD HACKETTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 97
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 97
- JIM FRANK JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- LOREN HENRY LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 98
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 99
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.