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ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRRE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1928 – January 26, 1967
Service recordArthur Cecilio Aguirre, of Killeen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1928
- Home of record
- Killeen, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 78
- WILLIAM E GUSEMAN IIICorporal · January 25, 1967
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BAUERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
From Killeen
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ALBERT EDWARD SOMBELONStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE MAURERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
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.