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HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordHoracio A Fonseca-Vargas, of Key West, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 24
- TROY LEE FLINTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- KEITH KOY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- DAVID ANDREW GALLIONWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT EARL GREENCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP MARK BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 22
- TROY LEE FLINTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 24
- KEITH KOY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 24
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 26
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 29
- ROBERT CHARLES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 30
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 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.