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CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – February 29, 1968
Service recordCeizhar Vale Pagcaliuagan, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 8
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 8
- JEFFERY GURVITZFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- GEORGE ADOLFO MUSSENDENSergeant · February 29, 1968
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 3
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 7
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 9
- EDGAR CLAY SPENCESergeant · Panel 42E, Line 10
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.