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RICARDO SERENIL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – January 9, 1970
Service recordRicardo Serenil, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 20
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 20
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1970
- DENNIS LEE PEEKFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR LEE BISHOPSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 16
- HAROLD BERNARD EISERT JRPrivate · Panel 14W, Line 17
- LARRY DONALD GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 18
- CHARLES WILLIAM KLANCKESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 19
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 21
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
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.