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EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1942 – March 5, 1969
Service recordEfrain Figueroa-Melendez, of Catano, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Catano, Puerto Rico (Catano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 41
- FREDERIC NATHANIEL ASHSergeant · March 5, 1969
- JUAN AYALA-MERCADOSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- NELSON BEYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- BOYD LAWRENCE BRAKELance Corporal · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN AYALA-MERCADOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 41
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- GARY FAY ROLFESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 45
- CARLTON JERRY JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 46
- ALFRED LALLAVESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 49
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Catano
- JOSE FERMI RIVERA-BARRETOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- CRISTOBAL FIGUEROA-PEREZCorporal · February 2, 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.