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HENRY ORLANDO VIGIL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1946 – August 15, 1967
Service recordHenry Orlando Vigil, of Clinton, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Clinton, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 115
- PAUL MCEACHRONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- HARVEY JOSEPH MCSWAINPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN NOLANFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- VALENTINE DANIEL UNCAPHERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
From Clinton
- RODOLFO JOSE ARCHULETASpecialist Four · December 7, 1968
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.