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JULIO HERNANDEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – March 15, 1969
Service recordJulio Hernandez JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 45
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 45
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HILLARD IICorporal · March 15, 1969
- CARL WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 43
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 44
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 45
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 46
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 47
- BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLSCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 48
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 49
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.