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FERNANDO FIGUEROA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – January 24, 1972
Service recordFernando Figueroa, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 100
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 100
- WALTER C B MORANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1972
- BARRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1972
- ROGER LEE PIERCEMajor · January 25, 1972
- MICHAEL JOHN WELCHFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1972
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.