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JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1945 – August 23, 1969
Service recordJuan Leon Guerrere Duenas, of San Jose, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 104
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 104
- JOHN ROGER ROMOLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
- KENNETH EDWIN SINGERCorporal · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY JOE TENORIOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN VEVERASpecialist Four · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALTER ELLIS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 100
- DENNIS MAYON MATTOXSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 103
- PHILIP JOHN VEVERASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 104
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.