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JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 4, 1939 – November 20, 1965
Service recordJose Wilfredo Suarez, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1939
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 104
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- DONALD HAROLD PERRICHONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
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
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 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.