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ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGO
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – December 23, 1967
Service recordAnibal Oyola-Rabago, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
From Hato Rey
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 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.