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JOSE JUAN FIGUEROA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1930 – December 10, 1967
Service recordJose Juan Figueroa, of Manati, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 73
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Manati, Puerto Rico (Manati County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 73
- WILLIAM PETER FARRELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- BARRY EDWARD FELDMANNCorporal · December 10, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FULLAM JRSergeant · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GENE DIRITACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- ALBERT EUGENE DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 72
- DANIEL ELI GARDNERCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JERRY GRANTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JIM LAWRENCE HARNDENCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 75
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 76
- SAMUEL JEROME SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 78
From Manati
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EDICTOR RIVERA-MONTESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1970
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 1971
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.