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JOSE F ROSADO-BORGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – August 24, 1969
Service recordJose F Rosado-Borges, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 109
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 109
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- CHARLES HAROLD SCHAEFERFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHELL JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- LARRY SHEASpecialist Five · August 24, 1969
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 1971
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.