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ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1950 – August 16, 1968
Service recordRojelio Olivan Munoz II, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 28
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)
- Born
- May 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 28
- JAMES EARL BLUESpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MILLINERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · August 16, 1968
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
- RONALD JAMES HUELSKAMPPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
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.