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HOMER URRABAZO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1940 – February 22, 1967
Service recordHomer Urrabazo, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1940
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 76
- WILLIAM MAXWELL POWERSSpecialist Five · February 22, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SOLOMAN DAVID ARLINE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 73
- ALLAN GEORGE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 74
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 77
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.