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JAMES YBARRA HIDALGO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 17, 1943 – December 16, 1967
Service recordJames Ybarra Hidalgo, of Uvalde, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES COMPTON GROOVERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- FATHIES KELLY JRPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BEEB CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 8
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- EDWARD ARTHUR FINLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- DAVID RANDOLPH GIFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 9
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 10
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 11
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 13
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 14
From Uvalde
- ALANSON GARLAND BYNUMStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 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.