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LUIS ALFONSO VELEZ-RIVERA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – October 4, 1968
Service recordLuis Alfonso Velez-Rivera, of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico (Juana Diaz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 9
- DANNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH CHARLES ARONCESpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES BERGERONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- GEORGE MILTON CLAYTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 4
- DANIEL JOSEPH CZAJAK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 4
- DONALD RICHARD GISEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 4
- GARY GEORGE LACHAPELLEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 5
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 6
- RONALD EUGENE POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 7
- JOHN PAUL STEPPPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 7
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · Panel 41W, Line 8
- CHARLES NELSON SCHALL JRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 8
- DANNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 9
From Juana Diaz
- NOE MIRANDA-PEREZPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- HECTOR RIVERA-COLONSergeant First Class · May 27, 1968
- LIONEL MALDONADO-TORRESCorporal · September 17, 1968
- GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1970
- ADOLFO GONZALEZ-LOPEZSergeant · February 25, 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.