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ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordAngel A Rivera-Velazquez, of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Piedras, Puerto Rico (Las Piedras County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 67
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- BILL EDWARD RAMSEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 63
From Las Piedras
- MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JRSergeant · September 20, 1968
- FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
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.