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JOSE MUNATONES JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJose Munatones JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 15
- DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALDPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ROGER DEAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 10
- DANIEL GENE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JAMES ROBERT MAURERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 14
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.