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ARISTIDES SOSA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – March 2, 1968
Service recordAristides Sosa, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; 48 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 43
- WARREN LEE TALLSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- CARREL JEAN TITSWORTHSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD TRAVISSergeant · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 26
- GERALD LAWRENCE AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 27
- CHARLES EDWARD BONDSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 27
- HARLAN RAY BRANDTSPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 28
- JERRY WALTER BYERSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 28
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 29
- ALVIN LLOYD CAYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 29
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH CUTINHASpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 30
- BRUCE ELIOT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 30
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 31
- RAYMOND LEROY GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 32
- CAL DUAIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 34
- JACK JOSEPH JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 34
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 35
- CHARLIE FRANK LEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 35
- JAMES RUFUS MATHISPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 36
- CHARLES EDWARD MELOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 36
- LEONARD DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 37
- CHARLES GEORGE REHBERGERSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 37
- ROBERT JUNIOR MCGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 38
- JAMES FRANCIS OLAUGHLINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 38
- ROY DONALD PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 38
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 38
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.