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ROGELIO LEBRON-MALDONADO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1936 – October 25, 1968
Service recordRogelio Lebron-Maldonado, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 33
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Born
- April 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 33
- JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICKCorporal · October 25, 1968
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- BILLIE MONROE LONGSergeant · October 25, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD MERRELLSecond Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 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.