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JULIAN MENDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – August 28, 1967
Service recordJulian Mendez, of Wharton, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Wharton, Texas (Wharton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 58
- RAYMOND PATRICK LINKSergeant · August 28, 1967
- GARY LEE LOVEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- LARRY LEE SEXTONSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE SEXTONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 58
From Wharton
- KEVIN EDWARD TWEEDLEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JOE L LOVE JRSpecialist Five · November 20, 1971
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.