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ARTURO RECIO RIOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – April 19, 1968
Service recordArturo Recio Rios, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 1
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 1
- DILLARD ERIC PETERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ROBINSONCorporal · April 19, 1968
- CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 47
From Idaho Falls
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERGSergeant · May 4, 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.