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DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1949 – June 10, 1970
Service recordDavid Concepcion-Nieves, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 37
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 37
- GARY MICHAEL BOOECorporal · June 10, 1970
- JAMES MIKE DAVISCorporal · June 10, 1970
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · June 10, 1970
- LONNIE ALLEN DYKESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LOWELL GEORGE HARDMEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 38
- RONALD WAYNE SIPKASergeant · Panel 9W, Line 41
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 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.