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ELVING P GUTIERREZ-OLIVERAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordElving P Gutierrez-Oliveras, of Yauco, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Yauco, Puerto Rico (Yauco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 15
- JOSEPH ERNEST FUNSTONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE HALLCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MATHEWS KRINKELance Corporal · August 25, 1968
From Yauco
- MEGDELIO CARABALLO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · October 23, 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.