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JULIO SERRANO-RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1943 – June 10, 1968
Service recordJulio Serrano-Rivera, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Mayaguez County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 19
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HEINTZCorporal · June 10, 1968
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · June 10, 1968
- ALEX LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 17
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 18
From Mayaguez
- RAMON BERNARDSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIOStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JAIME PADILLA-JORGECorporal · June 1, 1969
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1966
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.