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PABLO GUERECA CONTRERAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1945 – January 20, 1967
Service recordPablo Guereca Contreras, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 56
- ARTHUR JOHN ABRAMOFFFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1967
- BILLY SYLVESTER DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK LARELL COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 55
- BILLY SYLVESTER DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 56
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.