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FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGIL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – January 22, 1971
Service recordFrederick Anthony Vigil, of Thornton, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Thornton, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1971; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 62
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- ALFONSO ANTONIO BRITOLance Corporal · January 23, 1971
- JERRY WOODROW CUTTINGSergeant · January 23, 1971
- GEORGE RICHARD MARR JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROG JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 60
- MICHAEL HARRIS PETTYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 61
From Thornton
- BRUCE ALLEN BOWMANSpecialist Five · March 8, 1971
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1971
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.