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ABRAHAM PANGANORAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1934 – May 12, 1967
Service recordAbraham Panganoran, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 99
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 99
- WILLIE CLEBER PENDERGRASSStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- CLOYDE CYRIS PINSON JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- PETER POTTER PITMANMajor · May 12, 1967
- GERALD ANDREW REITERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOREN MICHAEL SCHMITZPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 100
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 100
- DENNIS ARTHUR TRIMBLESpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 102
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT VANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 102
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 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.