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TEODORITO RIOS-ROSARIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1945 – August 26, 1968
Service recordTeodorito Rios-Rosario, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · 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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Aibonito, Puerto Rico (Aibonito County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 33
- FERNANDO A RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- DENNIS TRUMAN ROBBINSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- JAMES LEE SCHIBILance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- VERNON LEE YARBERLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
From Aibonito
- ANGEL L GONZALES-MADERASergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- MOISES CARTAGENA-ACOSTAFirst Sergeant · August 13, 1969
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.