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JULIAN ERNEST MARQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1952 – February 15, 1971
Service recordJulian Ernest Marquez, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1952
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 107
- MARVIN MAURICE LEONARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
- JOE LUCIO ORTEGA JRCorporal · February 15, 1971
- LARRY FREEMAN OTTCorporal · February 15, 1971
- JOHN LYNN POWERSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 104
- DAVID WAYNE COMBERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 105
- STANLEY EUGENE REDMONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 108
- KENNETH M STEINKIRCHNERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 109
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.