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THEODORE MENDEZ SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1935 – July 14, 1969
Service recordTheodore Mendez SR, of Antwerp, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 119
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Antwerp, Ohio (Paulding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 119
- DENNIS FRANKLIN LORDENSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- JOHN V MORASCINIStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN PASCALESpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- GREGORY JOHN PEARSONSeaman · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID BRASIERSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 115
From Antwerp
- ROBERT ALLEN BANKSPrivate · March 14, 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.