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JOSE CARMELO RENTAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – September 22, 1969
Service recordJose Carmelo Rentas JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 126
- ERIC ANTHONY LORDCorporal · September 22, 1969
- MARK WAYNE SURBERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1969
- JAMES TAYLOR TUCKERSergeant First Class · September 22, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · September 22, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.