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FLORENTINO RANGEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – August 29, 1968
Service recordFlorentino Rangel, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 1
- JAMES DANIEL RAYNORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- GERALD RAYMOND ROYCorporal · August 29, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.