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JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJose Ramon Diana-Diaz, of Guayama, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Guayama, Puerto Rico (Guayama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 10
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DALTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOHN DINAPOLI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
From Guayama
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- ANIBAL DEJESUS-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- LUIS MANUEL MARQUEZ-LOPEZSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · February 11, 1969
- JOSE R TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
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.