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JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – November 23, 1968
Service recordJuan A Martinez-Quiles JR, of Manati, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Manati, Puerto Rico (Manati County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 44
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL NELSON LOITZFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- RONALD YATES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 42
- DARIO DAVID GUERRASpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 43
- RONALD YATES MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 44
From Manati
- JOSE JUAN FIGUEROAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- EDICTOR RIVERA-MONTESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1970
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 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.