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JUAN MUNOZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1942 – August 2, 1966
Service recordJuan Munoz, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 99
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- EARL MELTON JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 96
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 99
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 102
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 102
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.