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RENE MEDEGUARI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1949 – May 2, 1969
Service recordRene Medeguari, of Douglas, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 101
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Douglas, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 101
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · May 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH MORRISStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1969
- DAVID FRANKLIN OSBORNEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- CHARLES WINFRED POOL JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
From Douglas
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ANTONIO MONTANO SALINASPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD PARTONCorporal · July 4, 1972
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.