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FELIX VAZQUEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – April 21, 1968
Service recordFelix Vazquez JR, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 26
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- MICHAEL GLENN TURNERLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 15
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 20
- THOMAS MARVIN HOLCOMBEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 21
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 24
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.