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GREGORIO L PANGELINAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1942 – March 9, 1969
Service recordGregorio L Pangelinan, of Mongmong, Guam, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 94
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Mongmong, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 94
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JAMES PETRIESpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- DAVID ALLAN POLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS PROSEPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH WILSONPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 92
From Mongmong
- VICENTE DUENAS PEREZSergeant First Class · August 13, 1968
- JUAN PASCUAL R CASTROStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
- RALPHAEL SGAMBELLUR YOKOIPrivate First Class · July 11, 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.