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CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – May 13, 1967
Service recordCaballero Fernando Figueroa, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 106
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Caguas, Puerto Rico (Caguas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 106
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- RUSSELL IRWIN EVANSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE GARRISONCorporal · May 13, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CAVAROCCHIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 104
- GARY LYNN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 113
- JOSEPH THOMAS TIEFENTHALERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 114
- GARY ROMAN ZYWICASpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 114
From Caguas
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · January 13, 1967
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERASPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 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.