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
Panel 46W - Line 48
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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