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HUGO ARAUX GAYTAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1951 – October 13, 1971
Service recordHugo Araux Gaytan, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 38
- AUDLEY DUANE MILLSSergeant First Class · October 11, 1971
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1971
- MICHAEL LEE DARRAHSergeant · October 13, 1971
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEE DARRAHSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 38
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 38
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 39
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.