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FILEMON SERRANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – March 20, 1969
Service recordFilemon Serrano, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 93
- CLARENCE ELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALLEN SMITHCorporal · March 20, 1969
- LARRY DEAN SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1969
- KARL JOSEPH TASCHEK JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 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.