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WILLIAM JIMENEZ-ACEVEDO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – October 11, 1971
Service recordWilliam Jimenez-Acevedo, of San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- San Sebastian, Puerto Rico (San Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 37
- CHESTER ANTHONY LUCChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 10, 1971
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
- FRANKLIN ROSADO SILOSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH STANUSHWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1971
From San Sebastian
- DURAN MIGUEL DEJESUS VERAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- JOSE MARTINEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZSpecialist Four · June 16, 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.