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FELIPE HERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – August 25, 1969
Service recordFelipe Hernandez, of Cudahy, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Cudahy, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 112
- JEFFERY LYNN GEIBCorporal · August 25, 1969
- TERRANCE NEIL GENTRYSergeant · August 25, 1969
- EDWARD ROY GRUSCZYNSKILance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- HERBERT CHARLES HEINTZLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL FRANCIS KOSTICKSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 113
From Cudahy
- LLOYD FRANCIS MOUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- GARY LAYNE WALKERPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HERNDONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
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.