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OSCAR REINA JUAREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1949 – June 28, 1968
Service recordOscar Reina Juarez, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 9
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- ERNEST PETTWAY DAVISSergeant · June 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM NEAL DODSON JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 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.