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JUAN JOSE BOTELLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1946 – July 14, 1967
Service recordJuan Jose Botello, of O'donnell, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- O'donnell, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 68
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEHLPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- ROGER LEE ACREEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- TERRY LEE ADAMSCorporal · July 14, 1967
- MICHAEL STANLEY BEREKPrivate · July 14, 1967
From O'donnell
- ANTONIO REYESSergeant · January 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.