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JOSE MEDEL MENDOZA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordJose Medel Mendoza, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 38
- RICHARD HUGH MCHAMPetty Officer Third Class · December 21, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOORE JRPrivate · December 21, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.