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ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGAS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1927 – January 18, 1966
Service recordIsrael Vargas-Vargas, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 78
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1927
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 78
- KARL LUDWIG THOMPSONLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- JESSE J MILLERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 78
- JESSE J MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 78
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · December 20, 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.