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CRISTOBAL MELENDEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1929 – September 29, 1966
Service recordCristobal Melendez, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1929
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 29
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- BOOKER SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1966
- SAUL WAXMANMajor · September 29, 1966
- THOMAS LEE WESTPOINTSergeant · September 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JACK CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 28
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.