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RICHARD JOSEPH GUERRERO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Joseph Guerrero, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 11
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM FOUSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN GROTHAUS IIPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT RALPH HAMMERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- JOHNNY JOE HONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 60E, Line 12
- LANCE JACK KOHANKECorporal · Panel 60E, Line 13
- JESUS MEJIAPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 14
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.