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JOSE YBANEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 10, 1937 – May 17, 1966
Service recordJose Ybanez, of Richmond, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 78
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 78
- COSMO LEONARD BARONEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- LEWIS NEAL WELSHLance Corporal · May 17, 1966
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- BOBBY DON CARVERPetty Officer First Class · December 6, 1967
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.