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JOSE MUNOZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1951 – September 28, 1970
Service recordJose Munoz JR, of Rowland Heights, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 98
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Rowland Heights, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 98
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- WILLIAM BURCH HERNSergeant · September 28, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL HOPKINSCorporal · September 28, 1970
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
From Rowland Heights
- EDWARD MANOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 3, 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.