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AMALIO PAGAN-PAGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1945 – March 27, 1967
Service recordAmalio Pagan-Pagan, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 59
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 59
- ALEXANDER J PALENSCAR IIILieutenant Commander · March 27, 1967
- KEVIN MICHAEL ROHRINGPrivate · March 27, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL TALLIONSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD ALBANOCorporal · March 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 58
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.