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JESUS M ENCARNACION-COLON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordJesus M Encarnacion-Colon, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 64
- MARK SCOTT MILESSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD PIVACorporal · February 27, 1970
- DANIEL VAUGHAN PROCTORSpecialist Five · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 61
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 62
- JAMES EDWARD PIVACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 64
- FRANK LYNN STATONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 65
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 66
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.