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DANIEL JOHN VILLEGAS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1937 – February 11, 1968
Service recordDaniel John Villegas, of Pacoima, California, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 38E, Line 82
- GEORGE ELOY TAFOYAPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- JAMES E TINSLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE TURNERFirst Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- GARRY FRANCIS VICKERYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 75
- GEORGE JONATHAN HOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 77
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 79
- JOHN ANTHONY SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
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.