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VICTORIANO VELEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1943 – April 12, 1967
Service recordVictoriano Velez, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITHSeaman Apprentice · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES A SULLIVAN JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.