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EUGENIO BARBOSA-OYOLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordEugenio Barbosa-Oyola, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 120
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 120
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- PAUL ALIPIO BAPTISTASergeant · May 7, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH BARBERPrivate First Class · May 7, 1970
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BARBERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 120
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 121
- ARTHUR NELSON KANGASSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 124
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
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
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 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
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.