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PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1943 – February 23, 1971
Service recordPedro Cabrera Pangelinan, of Agana, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 135
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 135
- FREDERICK LEE BEATTYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- DENNIS CLAUDE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1971
- VINCENT JOSEPH MEDJESKYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN MINERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN ALLEN LUERKENSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 134
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
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.