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IGNACIO ELENO RIOS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1935 – October 20, 1968
Service recordIgnacio Eleno Rios, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Born
- August 18, 1935
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 8
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY LANZER SPRINGFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 1968
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.