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ANGEL L RODRIGUEZ-COTTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1949 – July 30, 1969
Service recordAngel L Rodriguez-Cotto, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 77
- WILBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- JOHN DOUGLAS MCARTHURFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1969
- PERLUM M PARKER JRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- FRANK GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST FRANKLIN HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 76
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.