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CARLOS A VELAZQUEZ-ORTIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – December 6, 1968
Service recordCarlos A Velazquez-Ortiz, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 53
- DAVID EARL SCHWARTZLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- SERGE WALTER SPOTANSKICorporal · December 6, 1968
- HAROLD CLIFFORD STILLSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN JUDGE GOSSMajor · Panel 37W, Line 49
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 49
- DAVID GROENEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 50
- JAMES CLAYTON KERRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 51
- WILLIAM WALTER WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 54
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
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.