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IGNACIO L VILLALOBOS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – June 8, 1969
Service recordIgnacio L Villalobos, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 115
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 115
- ROBERT GUY STRICKLINPetty Officer First Class · June 8, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD TOOLECorporal · June 8, 1969
- ROY LEACY WALKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RALPH WILSONPetty Officer First Class · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 108
- DAVID ALAN BROWNSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 109
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
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.