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RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1946 – February 2, 1968
Service recordRene Zarogoza Hernandez, of San Gabriel, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1946
- Home of record
- San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 74
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- LEON FAIRDEN HUBERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 68
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 69
- GARY RAY FITCHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 70
- HUGH R MCKIBBIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 79
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 81
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 84
- JAMES DOUGLAS VANHOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
From San Gabriel
- BRUCE HORACE EATONSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- LEE THOMAS HAMMANHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT PINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES MITTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
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.