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JOSE GILBERTO VAZQUEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – April 26, 1970
Service recordJose Gilberto Vazquez, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 56
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GERARD FRANCIS OCONNORWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 1970
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSCorporal · April 26, 1970
- MANUEL ROMERO TORRESSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 55
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 55
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 56
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.