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LUIS CARLOS BORREGO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordLuis Carlos Borrego JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 14
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN WINTERSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- LARRY VIRGIL WOLFRUMSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DAVID JOHN BREDESENPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 17
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 17
- MICHAEL P LYDENSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- FLOYD CHARLES NEVINSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 19
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PRICESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 20
- BRUCE SAUNDERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 21
- CARL WILLIAM WALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 23
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.