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LOUIS JESUS RENTERIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1947 – October 28, 1966
Service recordLouis Jesus Renteria, of Eaton, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Eaton, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 124
- GERARD ROBERT MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- FRANCIS DAVID RICEAirman Second Class · October 28, 1966
- TERRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
From Eaton
- ROBERT FLORIENCIO LUCEROSergeant · February 7, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY PAPPENHEIMCorporal · August 18, 1970
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.