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MARIO JUAN MENDIAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordMario Juan Mendias, of Marfa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 14
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 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Marfa, Texas (Presidio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; four 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 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 14
- RICHARD WALTER KULPASpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- MICHAEL FREDRICK MAYSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
- DOUGLAS FRED MENARDHospitalman · March 2, 1969
From Marfa
- JOE HENRY SAMANIEGOStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
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.