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JOSE HERNANDEZ JR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 25, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordJose Hernandez JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 13, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 132
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 132
- RICHARD FARLEY HEATHSpecialist Six · April 13, 1970
- JAMES AUBREY HULSEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1970
- WLADISLAW KAUSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LAUGHLINSergeant · April 13, 1970
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.