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JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – September 15, 1968
Service recordJuan Ramon Felix-Torres, of Cayey, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 62
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Cayey, Puerto Rico (Cayey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 62
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 15, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR GABRIELSENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 61
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 63
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 64
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 66
- ETHER ARNOLD TINKUMPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 1
From Cayey
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOSE RAMON COLON-RIVERACorporal · August 21, 1968
- ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLACorporal · August 14, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · February 15, 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.