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JOSE G HERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1945 – April 23, 1967
Service recordJose G Hernandez, of Three Rivers, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SVC BTRY 1 BN 92 ARTY I FF
- Born
- April 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Three Rivers, Texas (Live Oak County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 75
- GEORGE ROBERT HARRISONCorporal · April 23, 1967
- JIMMIE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANK LEWELLINLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
From Three Rivers
- GEORGE CECIL MELTONPrivate · May 25, 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.