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RENE GUERRA-HERNANDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRene Guerra-Hernandez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 67
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 67
- FREDDIE DARREL FORDSergeant · January 7, 1968
- MARSHALL H FORDWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1968
- CONRAD NICHOLAS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- BOB LEROY GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LLOYD CLEEMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 65
- ROGER DALE LEDBETTERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 70
- JAMES J MORASpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 73
- PHILIP EDWARD RUMINSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GEORGE SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 75
- ANDREW JESENEK TELLISCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 76
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 77
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.