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SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1937 – August 20, 1967
Service recordSigfredo Pinto-Pinto, of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1937
- Home of record
- Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico (Sabana Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 20
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- JOSEPH BRITTON ODUMSergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · August 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RUDOLPH MELENDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 20
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 20
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
From Sabana Grande
- JOAQUIN RAMOS-RAMIREZStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1969
- EFRAIN RIVERA-AGOSTOPrivate · May 10, 1972
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.