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JOSE LLAMAS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 8, 1926 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJose Llamas, of Newton, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 65
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 8, 1926
- Home of record
- Newton, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 65
- RODOLFO P ALLAGONEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOHLIGFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EUGENE KIRIKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 68
- JOHN STEWART ORLEMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 72
From Newton
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES SOUTHERNPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 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.