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GERMA CHAPARRO-VILLANUEVA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1942 – April 5, 1966
Service recordGerma Chaparro-Villanueva, of Rincon, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Rincon, Puerto Rico (Rincon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 84
- JAMES WILLIAM BROWNPrivate · April 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY CUNEENLance Corporal · April 5, 1966
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 83
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 84
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 85
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 85
- NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 85
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 87
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 88
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.