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RAFAEL ANGEL DIAZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1940 – November 30, 1970
Service recordRafael Angel Diaz, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 98
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 98
- EUGENE EDWARDSSergeant · November 30, 1970
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT SAMPSON GEERSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.