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JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUIL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1928 – August 6, 1970
Service recordJaime Hernandez-Carrasquil, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 88
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1928
- Home of record
- Juncos, Puerto Rico (Juncos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 88
- RODNEY GEORGE JOHNDROStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES LEONARDSpecialist Five · August 6, 1970
- ROBERT CARROL MOLLENHOURPrivate First Class · August 6, 1970
From Juncos
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- ANGEL LUIS FRAGOSA-GARCIACorporal · March 14, 1967
- MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZGunnery Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
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.