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JUAN ANTU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordJuan Antu, of Uvalde, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS MACKARTHE MALLETTSergeant · June 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEO STOCKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE ALLENCorporal · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD TIMOTHY HANSENCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 9
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
- DAVID LOREN STOEHRPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
From Uvalde
- ALANSON GARLAND BYNUMStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
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.