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RUPERTO MEDINA-GONZALEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – June 23, 1968
Service recordRuperto Medina-Gonzalez, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 22
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · June 23, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE NOLANDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- DAVID LEE POWELLLance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- RICHARD LEE RUSSELLCaptain · June 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55W, Line 21
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 22
- KENNETH EUGENE NOLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 22
- GEORGE DON SCHILLINGSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 23
- DAVID SMITH IISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 24
- CLETUS DALE TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 24
- JAMES B WASHINGTONPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 24
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.