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ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – January 21, 1969
Service recordElliott Velez-Rodriguez, of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Vega Baja, Puerto Rico (Vega Baja County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 54
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSONChief Petty Officer · January 16, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM SPIVEYPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- ALVA RAY TERRELLPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO REYESSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 53
From Vega Baja
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL RUIZCorporal · September 16, 1968
- JUAN ALBERTO FRET-CAMACHOPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
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.