PEDRO C. DIAZ

Company D 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 08/28/1968

 

 

Age: 25
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Aug 16, 1943
From: NEW YORK, NY
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Apr 16, 1968
Casualty was on Aug 28, 1968
In DARLAC, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

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Pedro Diaz was killed in action while on Operation Mac Arthur/Binh Tay, at grid reference ZU232875,
at a firebase east of Duc Lap, when his position came under attack from mortar and small arms fire.

 

 

 

CPL Pedro Diaz' decorations

 

Pedro is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pedro is buried at Municipal Cemetery, Aguas Buenos, PR

 

 

 

 

 

Top photo of Pedro Diaz from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website

 

 

 

 

 

 


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