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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Wilfredo Pumarejo-Colon.

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WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLON

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 30, 1941 – August 23, 1967

Service record

Wilfredo Pumarejo-Colon, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 25E · Line 33

Position of Panel 25E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
November 30, 1941
Home of record
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Aguadilla County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 23, 1967
Age
25
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 25E, Line 33

Same unit, same day

From Aguadilla

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.