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MIGUEL ANGEL DIAZ-COLLAZO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – February 13, 1968
Service recordMiguel Angel Diaz-Collazo, of Corozal, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Corozal, Puerto Rico (Corozal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Sa Dec Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 20
- ERNEST FREDERICK DAVIDOVEPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE EDMONDS JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT A ELIASergeant · February 13, 1968
- EDWARD STANLEY ESTESLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES WIGGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 27
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 27
From Corozal
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERASergeant First Class · April 20, 1969
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.