Rank: Private First Class
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 18-Jan-1947
Hometown: Mitchell, Nebraska
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 22-Aug-1967
Incident date: 19-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 19-Dec-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Louie Pete Pina died as a result of wound received when hit by hostile mine fragments while passenger in military vehicle on combat operation.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mitchell Cemetery, Mitchell, Nebraska, USA
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