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JUAN AYALA-MERCADO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJuan Ayala-Mercado, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 41
- FREDERIC NATHANIEL ASHSergeant · March 5, 1969
- NELSON BEYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- BOYD LAWRENCE BRAKELance Corporal · March 5, 1969
- EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 41
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- GARY FAY ROLFESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 45
- CARLTON JERRY JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 46
- ALFRED LALLAVESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 49
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.