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JOSEPH REFUGIO HERMOSILLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – March 11, 1969
Service recordJoseph Refugio Hermosillo, of Fullerton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 10
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 544 ENG CO 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “544 ENG CO 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 10
- SAMUEL LOYD HOLDERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON HORTONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- ARCHIE HUBERT IYUA JRSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD JACKSONSergeant · March 11, 1969
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.