Vargas Miguel D.

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Miguel D. Vargas is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Heroes Memorial- Fight at Buenavista

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Miguel D. Vargas

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Corporal

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United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)

Date of Death:

1995-10-14

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Murcia Municipal Public Cemetery, Negros Occidental, Philippines

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Miguel D. Vargas was born on May 5, 1916. He was a member of a small band of former United States Armed Forces in the Philippines (USAFFE) soldiers who mounted a successful raid against the patrolling Japanese troops in Buenavista, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental. This incident inspired the local USAFFE leaders to integrate all guerrilla units into what would eventually become the Seventh Military District.

Cpl Vargas died on October 14, 1995, at the age of 79. He is now buried in the Murcia Municipal Public Cemetery, Murcia, Negros Occidental Province, Western Visayas, Philippines.