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DOMINGO R S BORJA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1931 – February 21, 1967
Service recordDomingo R S Borja, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Laos, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 1, 1931
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 67
- THOMAS HOWARD ZEHNERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- CHARLES PHILLIP ALEXANDERCorporal · February 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD BADAVASPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- THOMAS HARRY BAKERCorporal · February 21, 1967
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.