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DAMAS HERNANDEZ-FELICIANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – January 24, 1968
Service recordDamas Hernandez-Feliciano, of Play-A-Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 22
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Play-A-Ponce, Puerto Rico
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 22
- THOMAS WAYNE HODGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- ERNEST ERVIN HOODSpecialist Five · January 24, 1968
- JAMES MILLERSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY GAYSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 21
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.