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JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1950 – February 21, 1969
Service recordJuan Manuel Velez-Villamil, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 74
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 74
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- PETER STEVEN TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- GEORGE DONALD TINKOSeaman · February 21, 1969
- EVERETT NELSON WILSHERSpecialist Five · February 21, 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
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 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.