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JAIME PACHECO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1952 – May 25, 1972
Service recordJaime Pacheco, of Hobbs, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Redstone Electronic Mechanic (21B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 1, 1952
- Home of record
- Hobbs, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 32
- FRANCIS CARL BROCKMAN IIISergeant · May 25, 1972
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
- DARYL ROY KUNZLERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WILCOXSONFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS CARL BROCKMAN IIISergeant · Panel 1W, Line 32
From Hobbs
- RONNIE LEE NOSEFFCorporal · September 25, 1966
- JIMMIE LEON PLATOHospitalman · November 15, 1966
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- CHARLES LEE GASSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JERRY MARCO ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL FOLEYCaptain · May 23, 1970
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.