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HERMAN BORJA DELEON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1943 – May 1, 1968
Service recordHerman Borja Deleon, of Agana, Guam, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 30
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- DONALD RAY EVANSSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE GROOMSLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARNEST LEE MASON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 37
- BARRY WILLIAM VANHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 42
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 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.