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EDUARDO J JIMENEZ-LORENZO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordEduardo J Jimenez-Lorenzo, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 57
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telecommunications Operator-Maintainer (74C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 57
- ROBERT SHELTON KING JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JRSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD MILLERSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
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
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 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
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.