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MAX V VASQUEZ III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1945 – June 10, 1966
Service recordMax V Vasquez III, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 32
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH G WEIGHTMAN JRAirman First Class · June 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL WIGINTONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 30
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 30
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 33
From Santa Paula
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
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.