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DONALD GONZALES PACHECO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1939 – July 27, 1968
Service recordDonald Gonzales Pacheco, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1939
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 19
- RICHARD VINCENT DALYSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAJESKILance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- RICHARD ROBERT OBERTSergeant · July 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 16
- JAMES HOWARD YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 21
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.