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Casualty Info
Home Town Rio Piedras
Last Address Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Casualty Date Mar 27, 1967
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Municipal Cemetery - Oracovis, Puerto Rico
Wall/Plot Coordinates 17E 059 Burial Section B Plot 031
Date of Birth April 26, 1945
Rio Piedras, Prince Edward Island, Puerto Rico
Caucasian
Roman Catholic
Single (Never Married)
Selective Service – Drafted
Entered the U.S. Army approximately January 13, 1966, at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
Vietnam Tour of Duty Started September 21, 1966
Amalio served with the Recon Platoon (Reconnaissance), HHC, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Republic of Vietnam.
Find A Grave Memorial #52521823
Cementerio Municipal Orocovis
Plot: Section B Plot 031
"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It
The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes SP4 Amalio Pagan-Pagan, who died in the service of his country on March 27th, 1967 in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. The cause of death was listed as Friendly Fire. At the time of his death Amalio was 21 years of age. He was from Rio Piedras, Prince Edward Island
The decorations earned by SP4 Amalio Pagan-Pagan include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.
Amalio was mistaken for an enemy and shot by friendly-fire, most likely small arms rifle, when re-entering the perimeter. He was wounded on March 26 and died the next day, March 27, 1967"
The Bronze Star for Merit was awarded posthumous
Amalio died during the U.S. Army’s Operation Pershing, in U.S. Military Region 2, Binh Dinh Province, Republic of South Vietnam.
