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MATEO JUAREZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1939 – November 22, 1970
Service recordMateo Juarez, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 77
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
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 77
- BRENT ALLAN HAYTONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- ROBERT LARRY HUDSONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- ROBERT DALE KAVICHCorporal · November 22, 1970
- MARK ALLAN LARSONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY BOWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 76
- BRENT ALLAN HAYTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
- MARK ALLAN LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 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.