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ARTURO PELAJIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1945 – May 8, 1969
Service recordArturo Pelajio, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 20
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1945
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 20
- JIM ALBERT BARTONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE BOLINGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- MELVIN BOLTONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL EUGENIO BRIALESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 21
- RONALD BURNS REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 21
- DWAYNE ROBERT PICKARTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 24
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.