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JOSE ANTONIO MARRERO-RIOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – April 21, 1968
Service recordJose Antonio Marrero-Rios, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 18
- JAMES EDWARD CREAMER JRSergeant First Class · April 21, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ALBERT DAVISSergeant · April 21, 1968
- DON EDWARD DAVISCorporal · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENE TRACY COVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 23
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.