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JULIAN VICTOR VELASQUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1941 – April 2, 1969
Service recordJulian Victor Velasquez, of Willard, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Willard, New Mexico (Torrance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 3
- ROBERT JOHN STORK JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1969
- JIMMIE MACK TILGHMANCorporal · April 2, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 1969
- LENWOOD WHITE JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
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.