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IGNACIO PORTUGAL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1945 – June 19, 1967
Service recordIgnacio Portugal JR, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 17
- BOBBY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON RAINEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- GEORGE RANDOLPHStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE RATLIFFCorporal · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WILLARD GODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAEFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 14
- STEVEN RICHARD MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- HOBART WILSON MCCOMAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 20
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 22
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.