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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Juan Avila JR.

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JUAN AVILA JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

March 16, 1951 – September 12, 1970

Service record

Juan Avila JR, of Brackettville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 7W · Line 58

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Pioneer (12A)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
March 16, 1951
Home of record
Brackettville, Texas (Kinney County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 12, 1970
Age
19
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 7W, Line 58

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.