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ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZ
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
October 2, 1943 – October 13, 1967
Service recordAngel Irizarry-Hernandez, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 101
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 101
- ROGER CHARLES HEARNSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · October 13, 1967
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · October 13, 1967
- MELVIN FRANCIS SINKCorporal · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 101
- GEORGE W LOCKE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 102
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 103
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 104
From Hato Rey
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
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.