Joe Manuel Juarez
Private First Class
A CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV Army of the United States Pecos, Texas June 17, 1948 to December 10, 1968 JOE M JUAREZ is on the Wall at Panel W37, Line 84 |
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Joe was born in Alpine, Texas. He was the oldest of 11 children, born to Jesus and Estoria Llanez. As his family was large, he was raised by his grandmother in Pecos, Texas, while the remainder of the family lived in Odessa. He assumed his maternal last name before he started to school. He attended Pecos schools and Pecos High School. He dropped out and was working when was drafted in 1968. He began his tour in Vietnam with the 5th Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry and was killed two months from the beginning of his tour. He was buried with full military honors in his home town of Pecos, Texas. He is remembered by his family, his hometown and by the
Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
in Midland, Texas.
05 Dec 2005
Photo courtesy of his sister Francis of Pecos, Texas.
Placed by a PBVVM representative, Billy M. Brown 4015 Melody Lane, Odessa, Texas 79762 bmbrown@grandecom.net |
A Note from The Virtual WallAlpha 2/5 Cav lost three men on 10 Dec 1968:
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