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ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – February 4, 1966
Service recordAntonio Barbosa-Villafane, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 136
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 136
- RONALD PAUL ALMARAZPrivate · February 4, 1966
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 1
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 1
- JIMMY ALLEN MARCUMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 2
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- JOHN H THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 3
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- 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
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- 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.