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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: CIGAR
First name: FREDDIE JOE
Home of Record (official): SAN PEDRO
State (official): CA
Date of Birth: Tuesday, March 11, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Married
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Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 56691469
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11K10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
H Company 2nd Squadron
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Start of Tour: Saturday, July 29, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, May 5, 1968
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Hoa Nghia
The Wall: Panel 55E - Row 006
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Interment ---
Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery
16701 Central Avenue
Carson, CA 90746
(310) 635-7441
Section: M-30, Grave 12