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VICTOR MANUEL GUERRERO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 12, 1951 – November 15, 1969
Service recordVictor Manuel Guerrero, of La Puente, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 79
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 12, 1951
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 79
- RALPH EUGENE FLOWERS JRCorporal · November 15, 1969
- ANTONIO MORILLIA FUENTESSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE GRAFLieutenant Commander · November 15, 1969
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.