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DAVID LORENZO VIGIL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordDavid Lorenzo Vigil, of Granada, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Granada, Colorado (Prowers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 72
- PAUL BRUCE LAMBERTSONSpecialist Five · May 20, 1970
- ARTHUR GERALD QUALLSSpecialist Five · May 20, 1970
- CRAIG RATHBUNCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHNNY JEROME SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- KENNETH MERVIN GRAYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 70
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.