Gerasimo Arroyo-Baez

Vietnam War
UnitAdvisory Team 71, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromMaunabo Puerto Rico
Date of DeathMarch 24 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Sergeant First Class Arroyo-Baez was a member of Advisory Team 71, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On March 24, 1969, he was an advisor at Tam Soc, Ba Xuayn Province, South Vietnam, near Saigon. He was taken prisoner and died in captivity. His remains were recovered on March 20, 1985 and identified on April 8, 1985. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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