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LUIS VIGO-NEGRIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1938 – February 16, 1967
Service recordLuis Vigo-Negrin, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 53
- WILLIAM DAVID WESSELLSStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LARRY PAUL BLACKMANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 45
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
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.