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ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – August 9, 1967
Service recordEnrique Bermudez-Pacheco, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 93
- JOHN BRADY WALTERSHospitalman · August 8, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WEESTLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 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.