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ARMANDO AGUILAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1945 – February 9, 1967
Service recordArmando Aguilar, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 11
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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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 11
- CHARLES CLIFFORD HARDINGCorporal · February 9, 1967
- LEROY HENSLEYPrivate · February 9, 1967
- WILFREDO PAGAN-LOZADASergeant First Class · February 9, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDRICK SCOTTFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO PAGAN-LOZADASergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 11
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 12
- OLLIE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 12
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.