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ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1945 – June 6, 1969
Service recordErnesto Rosario-Soto JR, of Vieques, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 92
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Vieques, Puerto Rico (Vieques County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 92
- JOHN DAVID SHARPSergeant · June 6, 1969
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · June 6, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE STORBOPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- VICTOR BLAKE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HULAN BARBEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 82
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 86
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 88
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DANNY LYNN PARKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 93
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.