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ALBERTO PEREZ-VERGARA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1940 – March 13, 1966
Service recordAlberto Perez-Vergara, of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico (Aguas Buenas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 3
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JOHN HENRY HERLIHY JRPlatoon Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
From Aguas Buenas
- JUAN JOSE NAZARIOSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- VICENTE ROSA-URBINASergeant First Class · May 6, 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.