The Wall › Panel 12E › Texas › Teofilo Carmone Rios
TEOFILO CARMONE RIOS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1938 – November 15, 1966
Service recordTeofilo Carmone Rios, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 76
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 76
- TED WANE ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- CLYDE MOSES RIDGWAYSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS SHAWSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS C MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 74
- CLYDE MOSES RIDGWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 76
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 76
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
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.