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LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1945 – June 18, 1966
Service recordLouis Xavier Cabrera JR, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 60
- SAM CANADA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- ELTON ODIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1966
- JAMES DON HONEYCUTTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
From Blue Island
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
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.