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ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordAntonio Guzman-Rios, of Corozal, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Corozal, Puerto Rico (Corozal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 3
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 12, 1968
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 31
- WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 7
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISONCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Corozal
- MIGUEL ANGEL DIAZ-COLLAZOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERASergeant First Class · April 20, 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.