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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Felizardo Cuenca Aguillon.

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FELIZARDO CUENCA AGUILLON

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

September 20, 1938 – April 9, 1975

Service record

Felizardo Cuenca Aguillon, of San Francisco, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 9, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1W · Line 122

Position of Panel 1W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Loadmaster Technician (60770)
Born
September 20, 1938
Home of record
San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 9, 1975
Age
36
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1975; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1W, Line 122

From San Francisco

All 164 names from San Francisco →

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.