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ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – May 10, 1968
Service recordArthur Castillo Tijerina, of Hereford, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 16
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Hereford, Texas (Deaf Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 16
- THOMAS FREDRICK SWANN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- HERSHALL TALLENTSergeant · May 10, 1968
- HERMAN L TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE THOMASSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 3
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 6
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Hereford
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1967
- STEPHEN EDWARD JESKOSergeant · October 16, 1970
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.