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LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordLuis Rola Mercado-Collado, of North Babylon, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 37
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
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- North Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 37
- STEPHEN HERMAN LEWISLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS LOVESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- JOHN BOBBY MORENOSergeant · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRANT PENDLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CECIL JOHNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 36
- JAMES THOMAS LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 37
- LEONARD COSBY SHARPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 39
From North Babylon
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- HENRY YORKCorporal · February 8, 1968
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · March 28, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1969
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.