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MAURILIO MENDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1950 – June 14, 1970
Service recordMaurilio Mendez, of Greenfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Greenfield, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 53
- CECIL ROGER CLAYTONSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
- JOHN WARREN EMMONS JRLance Corporal · June 14, 1970
- JEFFREY LEE GAYNECorporal · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES LELEAUXSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
From Greenfield
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · October 27, 1967
- THOMAS CLIFFORD CHANEYCorporal · March 6, 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.