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FREDDIE JOE CIGAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordFreddie Joe Cigar, of San Pedro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 6
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 6
- PAUL EDWARD CHAVEZGunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · May 5, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CHILDCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LOUIS CHIMERIPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER BRUMSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- GARLAND GENE HALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
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.