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ANTONIO MORADO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1945 – June 23, 1966
Service recordAntonio Morado, of San Benito, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1945
- Home of record
- San Benito, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 81
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LESTERSergeant · June 23, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 82
From San Benito
- ROBERT ARNOLD CORKILLLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- RODOLFO VILLAFRANCOSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLENLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ROSS OWEN BARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1968
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 1970
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.