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PACHECO JOSE A CALDERON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – June 4, 1969
Service recordPacheco Jose A Calderon, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 62
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 62
- ANTHONY LORIN CAMPCorporal · June 4, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- MAX FRANCIS DESULLY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID JAMES KOEHLERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHAN ROBERT BROSECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 61
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
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.