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ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1945 – November 22, 1969
Service recordAntonio Hernandez-Soto, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 10
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES GEORGE HAASSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- LARRY CLARENCE HAYLETTSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- FRANCIS LEE LANGLEYPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
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
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.