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JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJose Hilario Velasquez, of Alamosa, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Alamosa, Colorado (Alamosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 93
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- SERGIO EDITH ALBERTSergeant · June 12, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DEAN EDDIE CLINTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21E, Line 87
- JAMES RAYMOND NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 91
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 21E, Line 92
- RALPH EDWARD UHLMANSIEKStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 92
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 21E, Line 93
From Alamosa
- DONALD R THOMPSONSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEEColonel · December 24, 1968
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD WOODCorporal · July 4, 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.