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FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – April 28, 1970
Service recordFernando Rios-Maldonado, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 65
- PAUL EDWARD ANGERTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- HUGHIE FRANKLIN SNIDERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1970
- RAYMOND PETER SUSICorporal · April 28, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIERSergeant · April 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RAY SANDLINCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 62
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 63
- RAYMOND PETER SUSICorporal · Panel 11W, Line 65
- JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
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.