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FILBERTO AGUIRRE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 17, 1946 – August 26, 1967
Service recordFilberto Aguirre JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 45
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- JOHN JERALD ALMANZAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.