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LOUIS DAVID VIGIL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1945 – May 7, 1967
Service recordLouis David Vigil, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 53
- MILTON LEE HALLSergeant · May 7, 1967
- FRANKLIN CHARLES LEWISSergeant · May 7, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- RICHARD CLAIR MALONESecond Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.