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ELPIDIO J RAVELO-TORIBIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1950 – October 5, 1970
Service recordElpidio J Ravelo-Toribio, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 114
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- ANDRES MORENO JRPrivate · October 5, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES RAYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.