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JOSE TOMAS RIOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1949 – October 22, 1969
Service recordJose Tomas Rios, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 106
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 106
- BILLY LEE PETERSSpecialist Five · October 22, 1969
- ROBERT LEE REIPLINGERPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- HARVEY CLAUDE REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE REIPLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 106
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.