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NICK ALFRED AGUILAR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – April 9, 1970
Service recordNick Alfred Aguilar JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 110
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 110
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH YEAGERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD ABBOTTPrivate · April 9, 1970
- CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNISLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ABBOTTPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 110
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.