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FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1942 – May 17, 1969
Service recordFelix Arroyo-Sierra JR, of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 27
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Las Piedras, Puerto Rico (Las Piedras County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 27
- JAMES GEORGE WITHAMSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- RONNIE GILMAN ALCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID ALICEA-SERRANOSergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD DEITMANSergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEA-SERRANOSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 30
- BERNARD HAMLET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 31
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 32
From Las Piedras
- MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JRSergeant · September 20, 1968
- ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZPrivate First Class · October 31, 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.