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HENRY ESTRELLA VILLALOBOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – July 29, 1969
Service recordHenry Estrella Villalobos, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 74
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · July 29, 1969
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · July 29, 1969
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PHILLIP CHITTWOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 69
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.