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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Regalado M D Aperocho.

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REGALADO M D APEROCHO

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 30, 1951 – March 4, 1970

Service record

Regalado M D Aperocho served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 80

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Food Service Specialist (94B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
October 30, 1951

Casualty

Date of death
March 4, 1970
Age
18
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 13W, Line 80

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.