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JOSEPH DONALD GUERRERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – February 6, 1966
Service recordJoseph Donald Guerrero, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 6
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 6
- STEVEN P MOLLOHANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 7
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- ROY EDWARD THOMASSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 8
- ALEX E VACZIFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 8
From Marion
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.