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ARMANDO VILLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – July 15, 1967
Service recordArmando Villa, of Brentwood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 79
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Brentwood, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 79
- JERALD KATSUJI SUMIDAAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES DWIGHT WARDAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 72
- DAN WILLIE ARCHER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 73
From Brentwood
- WAYNE AUGUST GOETSCHPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JRSergeant · November 12, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
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.