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JOSE HOLGUIN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1948 – March 1, 1967
Service recordJose Holguin JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 128
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 128
- TOMMY DOYLE HIGGERSONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- ALVESTER HILLStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONCorporal · March 1, 1967
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.