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RICARDO HINOJOSA SOTO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1928 – April 1, 1966
Service recordRicardo Hinojosa Soto, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1928
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 72
- CHESTER LLOYD LEECaptain · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- MICHAEL TERENCE MULVANEYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL RANDSecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DON CARTER BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 70
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 71
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 71
- RICHARD PAUL RANDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 72
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.