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JUAN BOSCO BERUMEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – October 29, 1969
Service recordJuan Bosco Berumen, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 2
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 2
- JEROME GERALD HATTERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1969
- GEORGE RAYMOND HUNTZINGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1969
- STEPHEN SHERWOOD MACVEANLieutenant · October 29, 1969
- DAVID CRAIG BRANNONSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.