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JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordJuan Leonardo Contreras, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 15
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
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 15
- EMMETT RUBEN BROWNLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · May 15, 1969
- WALTER EMERSON DAVISSpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- DEWEY RUSSELL DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 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.