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ELIEZER DOMINGUEZ-CORTES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – October 9, 1968
Service recordEliezer Dominguez-Cortes, of Ciales, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 34
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ciales, Puerto Rico (Ciales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 34
- JAMES EDWARD ARNOLDCorporal · October 9, 1968
- JOE EDDY ARNOLDCorporal · October 9, 1968
- SAMUEL LEE BOYD JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- ROY SCOTT FISCHERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
From Ciales
- JOSE RAMO PAGAN-CARTAGENASergeant · January 14, 1966
- MIGUEL A GONZALEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
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.