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LAURENCIO VIGIL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – August 11, 1969
Service recordLaurencio Vigil, of Ocate, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 5
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Ocate, New Mexico (Mora County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 5
- JOHN CHARLES SIMS JRCorporal · August 11, 1969
- BRADLEY LOUIS SINNSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- SAM JARRELL SMALL JRStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1969
- JAMES CONLEY STONERSergeant · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LEE HOLZKNECHTCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 3
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.