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ELISEO VERGARA
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 30, 1950 – September 16, 1969
Service recordEliseo Vergara, of Anton, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Anton, Texas (Hockley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 98
- ALFRED GEORGE SAPP SRColonel · September 16, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SCHMITZSergeant · September 16, 1969
- JAMES LENVER SELDONPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
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.