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MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – January 29, 1969
Service recordMiguel Angel Puentes, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 16
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
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 16
- DENNIS LEE KURZPetty Officer Third Class · January 29, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- CHARLES MANLEY MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY MOTTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 12
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 14
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.