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LEONARDO RIOS-VELAZQUEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – March 22, 1969
Service recordLeonardo Rios-Velazquez JR, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 14
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 14
- RICHARD FRANK SALAZARSergeant First Class · March 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEON SMITHSergeant · March 22, 1969
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · March 22, 1969
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 7
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- CARL LAWRENCE DINUNZIO JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 10
- RICHARD WALTER GODENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 10
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- DAVID CLARK VALLANCESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.