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RICHARD PEGUERO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 21, 1946 – April 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Peguero, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 46
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- ALFRED LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARK REIDCorporal · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 40
- RICHARD ALLEN ESTRADAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- JOHN EDWARD NELSONSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 47
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.