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ANTONIO H DELA CERDA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordAntonio H Dela Cerda JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 63
- PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 63
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 69
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.