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JUAN VILLEGAS BUENDIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1932 – July 17, 1967
Service recordJuan Villegas Buendia, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 229 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 23, 1932
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 82
- GERALD RAYMOND BRINESPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE HOGGESergeant · July 17, 1967
- BILLIE MIMBSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
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.