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JOSE RENTERIA DIAZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – April 12, 1969
Service recordJose Renteria Diaz, of Barstow, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Barstow, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 62
- LARRY DELYNN CHANDLERSergeant · April 12, 1969
- BERNHARD M CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ERNEST LEO DESOTOColonel · April 12, 1969
From Barstow
- EMILIO GAMBOA GARCIACorporal · January 23, 1968
- JOHN FLOYD HUMMELChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
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.