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LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1930 – July 10, 1965
Service recordLuis Rafael Jimenez, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 35
- THOMAS EDWARD BLUBAUGHLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- BRIAN JAMES GAUTHIERCorporal · July 11, 1965
- KENNETH ANTHONY SEISSERLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
From Rio Piedras
- 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
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.