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EDUARDO VELOZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – August 5, 1968
Service recordEduardo Veloz, of Pacoima, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 17
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · August 5, 1968
- IRVING BURR TCHAKIRIDESGunnery Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- JACOB ROMO TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 14
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 15
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 15
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 16
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 16
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 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.