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GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – January 1, 1970
Service recordGolguis Colon-Rodriguez, of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 113
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
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico (Juana Diaz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 113
- TERRY BRUCE LUNDLance Corporal · December 31, 1969
- RICHARD CLARK BABB JRSergeant · January 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN CROSSSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER KENNETH GREENWAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 114
- HENRY CHESTER KLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 114
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 115
- WILLIAM CARL REDDICKSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 115
- JOHN MICHEAL REILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 115
From Juana Diaz
- NOE MIRANDA-PEREZPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- HECTOR RIVERA-COLONSergeant First Class · May 27, 1968
- LIONEL MALDONADO-TORRESCorporal · September 17, 1968
- LUIS ALFONSO VELEZ-RIVERASergeant · October 4, 1968
- ADOLFO GONZALEZ-LOPEZSergeant · February 25, 1971
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.