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SOCORRO PEREIRA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1930 – January 6, 1968
Service recordSocorro Pereira, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 59
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1930
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 59
- JUAN HENRY MARTINEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JUAN HENRY MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 60
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.