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MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1942 – August 4, 1968
Service recordMiguel A Negron-Rodriguez, of Cayey, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Cayey, Puerto Rico (Cayey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 10
- JAMES A HUFFPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SCHMUDECorporal · August 4, 1968
- RONALD BURTON TAYLORCorporal · August 4, 1968
- GEORGE CREIGHTON VASSEYSergeant First Class · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DON RAY BACHELORCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 7
- JAMES ISIAH FOWLER JRSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 8
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 8
- GREGORY BRIAN WHITMORESergeant · Panel 49W, Line 11
From Cayey
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- JOSE RAMON COLON-RIVERACorporal · August 21, 1968
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLACorporal · August 14, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · February 15, 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.