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PILAR JOSEPH CUELLAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordPilar Joseph Cuellar, of Tulare, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 36
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1968
- JAN AVERY ELKINSCorporal · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 37
- SAMUEL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 38
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 38
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 38
- CHARLES LEO POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- STEPHEN HENRY SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- THOMAS ALFRED SENNEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 40
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.