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JUAN FRANCISCO VAZQUEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1925 – February 4, 1968
Service recordJuan Francisco Vazquez, of Utuado, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 28
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 24, 1925
- Home of record
- Utuado, Puerto Rico (Utuado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 28
- MICHAEL D HOLLINGSWORTHLieutenant (junior grade) · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STANEKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE TOSTENSONLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 28
From Utuado
- MANUEL ANTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- ADRIEN MANU JORDAN-MOLEROSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- CONFESOR RIVERA-MARTESSergeant First Class · April 1, 1967
- WILFREDO CINTRON-MENDEZSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.