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JUAN BAUZA-PEREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – January 9, 1969
Service recordJuan Bauza-Perez, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 57
- GERALD DUANE STONEMETZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- ANTHONY JAY DEBONOPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 58
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 58
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 59
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 59
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.