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OSCAR ANZALDUA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1947 – August 29, 1967
Service recordOscar Anzaldua, of Raymondville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Raymondville, Texas (Willacy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 60
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES WAGERConstructionman · August 28, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WALLACEMajor · August 28, 1967
From Raymondville
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- HIGINIO OVALLE OVIEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
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.