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RAYMOND AGUIRRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – March 27, 1970
Service recordRaymond Aguirre, of Gardner, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Gardner, Colorado (Huerfano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 47
- DAVID TOBIAS SOLISSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN STEELSergeant · March 26, 1970
- NORMAN HOWARD STRENGTHSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT WYNNEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BAXTER WARRENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 50
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.