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JUAN COLON-DIAZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1934 – June 30, 1970
Service recordJuan Colon-Diaz, of Comerio, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Comerio, Puerto Rico (Comerio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 103
- HOWARD EUGENE CAFFERYSergeant · June 30, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANK DEANStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · June 30, 1970
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 103
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 103
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 104
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 105
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 106
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 106
- GARRY MONZEL SHANNONSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
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.