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JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – February 14, 1969
Service recordJuan Rodriguez Pequeno, of Gilroy, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 33
- LAWRENCE CLARENCE LOOBYLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- LAWRENCE HAMILTON MOOREPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- JAMES PALMERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- LARRY JAMES STEVENSLieutenant · February 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 31
- JOHN MARSHALL HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 32W, Line 32
- STEPHEN LAWREN SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 34
From Gilroy
- JAMES WILBUR ERVINSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WOLFGANG WERNER KARASCHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- LEE ATTILIO GRECOMajor · December 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
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.