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SA ATUATASI JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – April 12, 1969
Service recordSa Atuatasi JR, of Wilmington, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 61
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 61
- DONALD SHERWOOD SAWYERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- DANIEL EUGENE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FELIX ANTONIO CALDERONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 63
- DONALD GEORGE RESPECKISergeant · Panel 27W, Line 66
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 68
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 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.