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CASIMIRO VILLON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordCasimiro Villon, of Paia, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Paia, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 72
- ROBERT LOUIS TRACYPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEROY WHITEHEADSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE WILCOXCorporal · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN ELLSWORTH FINE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 68
From Paia
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · September 21, 1969
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · January 1, 1972
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.