The Wall › Panel 15W › Puerto Rico › Jose A Velez-Hernandez
JOSE A VELEZ-HERNANDEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – December 4, 1969
Service recordJose A Velez-Hernandez, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 25
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 25
- LOUIS DALE PALLAYELance Corporal · December 4, 1969
- EMORY LEE REASpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- DON EDDIE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · December 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 24
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 25
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
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.