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ALFREDO PACOLBA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1932 – September 11, 1969
Service recordAlfredo Pacolba, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 71
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- MICHAEL RALPH R ODUMCaptain · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RALPH POTTERStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1969
- MARION C ROBBPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 66
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 67
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- KENNETH WAYNE FIELDSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 70
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.