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RENE SERRANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – August 19, 1968
Service recordRene Serrano, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 4
- WILLIAM LEONARD SANDERSENSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- ROGER LEE SCHWARZPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- FREDERICK VERNON SEABORNEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- LEONARD EARL SEXTONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 52
- WILLIE STEPHEN FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- ROY ARBEN HARBAUGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 57
- ALVIN HUGH LANGFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- JOE EDDIE LOFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 2
- JACK POOLA PASHANOSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 2
- RICHARD RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 3
- FREDERICK VERNON SEABORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- LEONARD EARL SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- JOHN VINCENT VEARAFirst Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 5
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 5
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.