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JORGE VARGAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1948 – June 21, 1969
Service recordJorge Vargas, of Mission, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 110
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 110
- CHARLES FLOYD TYSON IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK WARNERCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY WEIL JRLance Corporal · June 21, 1969
- WALTER WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN KENNETH PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 107
- ALLYN TROY STEVENSPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 108
- DENNIS MICHAEL RESINGERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 109
- KENNETH JOHN SUSMARSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 109
From Mission
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
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.