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OSCAR AGUAYO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – December 15, 1967
Service recordOscar Aguayo JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 96
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- WALTER LEE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD ANTHONY CHOPPACorporal · December 15, 1967
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.