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WALTER XABIER MENDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1951 – February 1, 1971
Service recordWalter Xabier Mendez, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 72
- KEITH MICHAEL JACKSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 1971
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
From Carolina
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
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.