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CIPRIANO J PANTOJA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – April 7, 1967
Service recordCipriano J Pantoja JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 118
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 118
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- GERALD W WILSONSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES P BOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 115
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.