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JOSE MUNOZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – December 7, 1966
Service recordJose Munoz, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 5 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 5 INF 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 19
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- FRANK MONROE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- HARRY WALTER MURRAYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- DERALD DEAN SWIFTCaptain · December 7, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.