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HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordHugo Arthur Bocanegra, of Whittier, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 54
- BILLY EDWARD BROWNLance Corporal · July 31, 1967
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- EVERETT ALLAN EASTMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · July 31, 1967
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 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.