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GARCIA RAFAEL BERRIOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – October 5, 1969
Service recordGarcia Rafael Berrios, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 40
- MICHAEL LOUIS DAGRELLAPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- WILFORD LYNN DONOHOPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- GARY STEVEN POSSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEVEN POSSPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 40
- BILLY LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 42
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.