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ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOS
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1929 – February 27, 1968
Service recordAbelardo Malave-Rios, of New York, New York, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1929
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 51
- JAMES LAWRENCE LIENPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- PAUL LLOYD MILIUSCaptain · February 27, 1968
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SOARES ANDRADEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 50
- MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 51
- RICHARD EUGENE GRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
- RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 54
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 57
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.