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JUAN DUENAS CEPEDA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1940 – July 29, 1966
Service recordJuan Duenas Cepeda, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 85
- GALILEO FRED BOSSIOColonel · July 29, 1966
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- VINCENT AUGUSTUS CHIARELLOLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- CLAYTON J LUTHERPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON J LUTHERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 85
- ROBERT VOYD LEECHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 87
From Dededo
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
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.