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ROBERTO MENDEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1948 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRoberto Mendez, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 45
- RICHARD ROSS COOMERCorporal · October 27, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MANSFIELDLance Corporal · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES MASLYNSergeant · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD PATRICK MULLINSWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.