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EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1942 – September 14, 1966
Service recordEfrain Dejesus-Carreras, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Caguas, Puerto Rico (Caguas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 80
- ROBERT MUELLER MCCONNELLLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
- PATRICK PETER MURRAYMajor · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDMOND MUZZEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY MARK NAFESpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- LEONARD LEE NEWTONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
From Caguas
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · January 13, 1967
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 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.