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REFUGIO JOSE CANTU
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1941 – March 5, 1967
Service recordRefugio Jose Cantu, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1941
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 19
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD BRIDGEPrivate · March 5, 1967
- DEWEY HEARRELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PEDRO LEON JRSergeant · March 5, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.