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JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordJorge Luis Guzman-Pagan, of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico (Aguas Buenas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 83
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS DRYSDALEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- RUSSELL LLOYD EQUISecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- WILLARD JAMES EVANSSergeant · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LORAN LEON BERGERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 81
- KENNETH PAUL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 84
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 85
From Aguas Buenas
- ALBERTO PEREZ-VERGARASpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- JUAN JOSE NAZARIOSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- VICENTE ROSA-URBINASergeant First Class · May 6, 1969
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.