THE WALL OF FACES

Specialist Four James Daniel Aguilar, Served with Company E, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

SP4 James D. Aguilar served with E Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. On May 20, 1971, SP4 Aguilar died at FSB Sherman in Long Khanh Province, RVN, where his body was reportedly found in a ditch. The Army coded his death “Accidental self-destruction.” [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “The faces of Arizona's Vietnam fallen: All present and accounted for.” azcentral.com, June 30, 2017]

DEAR SPEC 4 AGIULAR,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WISH YOU HAD A PHOTO. YOU WERE IN THE 12 CAV REGIMENT, 1ST CAV. A FRIEND'S BROTHER, MIKE, WAS ALSO IN THE 12TH CAV.
REST IN PEACE.

James is buried at Pinal Cemetery, Central Heights, Gila County, AZ. AM ARCOM

Dear SP4 James Daniel Aguilar, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter