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JOSE HERNANDEZ QUINTERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1944 – April 17, 1967
Service recordJose Hernandez Quintero, of Santa Fe Springs, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Fe Springs, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 42
- EARL LEE DERBYSergeant · April 17, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CLEVELANDPrivate · Panel 18E, Line 39
- ROYD STEVE KERLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 41
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 41
From Santa Fe Springs
- GARY ARTHUR BILLHIMERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- EUGENIO RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · January 19, 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.