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RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – February 14, 1967
Service recordRuben A Vazquez-Berrios, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 30
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS SCROGGINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- LEROY J BORST JRSergeant · February 15, 1967
From Carolina
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
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.