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ANDREW JOSE PACHECO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – June 18, 1968
Service recordAndrew Jose Pacheco, of Tucumcari, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucumcari, New Mexico (Quay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 27
- ARTHUR QUEZADAFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN RAVENCRAFTStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- RANDY STEPHEN SCHELLSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUDREY JULIUS COOKSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 19
- ROBERT M WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 31
From Tucumcari
- RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · May 10, 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.