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RENE CARBAJAL-AZMITIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – July 20, 1968
Service recordRene Carbajal-Azmitia, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 17
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 17
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · July 20, 1968
- JOHN CEPHAS GAETHSergeant · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 21
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.