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CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordCarmelo Sosa-Hiraldo, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 9
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 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 9
- GEORGE W SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL SPINLERSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD TOLPACorporal · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 1
- GARY BREWSTER KILGORESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- LUPE P OCHOASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 6
- GEORGE W SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 9
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 9
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 10
From Carolina
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
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.