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JOSE LUIS CABALLERO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1946 – December 9, 1965
Service recordJose Luis Caballero, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 3
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 3
- LARRY DEAN BORSCHELLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN BARELAS CORDOVAStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1965
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- RONALD LEE KOEHLERPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · Panel 4E, Line 3
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.