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MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – December 31, 1966
Service recordMarceli Cabrera-Rodriguez, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 103
- EDWARD IRWIN STARRCaptain · December 30, 1966
- WILLIE WALKERSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- ZACKRIE BROOKINS JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 104
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · December 20, 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.