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WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1940 – July 21, 1966
Service recordWilberto Cabrera Sanchez, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 53
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 51
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 52
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 53
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- LARRY VANCLIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 54
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.