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VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1946 – August 28, 1966
Service recordVictor M Tosado-Hernandez, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 55
- FRANK LEROY BARBEEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES CONRADPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 53
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.