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JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROA
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordJuan Javier Figueroa, of Villa-Nueva, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 119
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Villa-Nueva, Puerto Rico
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 119
- CLINTON LEE DAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- STONEY LEE DEELSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WALDEMAR JOHN GEIGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- DONALD OWEN HARTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 1
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 6
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 7
- EDDIE LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 8
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
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.