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JOSE MARIA R ARREDONDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – May 30, 1971
Service recordJose Maria R Arredondo, of Parlier, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 58
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Parlier, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 58
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
- STEPHEN GEORGE DAVIESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1971
- JOSEPH EDWARD SWEENEYCorporal · May 29, 1971
- WAYNE SHELBY CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ERVIN BENJAMIN CHERRYSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 59
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.