Torres Ramon Reyes, age 29, from Caguas, Puerto Rico, Caguas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 432Nd Transportation Company, Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Date of death: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Biap, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gutierrez Kelvin Edgar Feliciano, age 21, from Anasco, Puerto Rico
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 3D Battalion 504Th Parachute Inf Regt, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, June 28, 2003
Death details: Bagram, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Paul Orengo, age 32, from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Toa Alta county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 75Th Mp Company, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612
Date of death: Thursday, June 26, 2003
Death details: Hostile; An Najaf, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Orlando Morales, age 33, from Manati, Puerto Rico, Manati county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D 2D Battalion 7Th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. 28301
Date of death: Saturday, March 29, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Garesk, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Carlos Cruz, age 27, from Puerto Rico.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, December 29, 1967
Death details: On October 18, 1995, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Carlos Rafael Cruz, missing from the Vietnam War. Major Cruz entered the U.S. Air Force from Puerto Rico and served with the 606th Air Commando Squadron. On December 29, 1967, he piloted an A-26A Invader (tail number 64-17641, call sign “Nimrod 33”) that departed Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand, on an armed reconnaissance mission that targeted enemy supply lines in Savannakhet Province, Laos. While making a bombing run at the target, the aircraft was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed, killing Maj Cruz. An aerial search was performed but his remains were not recovered at the time. In 1992, a joint U.S./Laotian investigative team traveled to the crash site, where they recovered human remains and artifacts associated with this aircraft’s loss, and in 1995, U.S. investigators were able to identify Maj Cruz from these remains.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Nicolas Cruz-Perez from Puerto Rico.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1953
Death details: Late at night on June 10, 1953, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched an attack against an important American outpost known as “Outpost Harry,” which commanders had deemed a “major outpost…to be held at all costs.” Following hours of intense bombardment, Chinese infantry attacked the American trench lines in front of the outpost. The CCF succeeded in capturing the trenches but intense hand-to-hand combat kept the CCF from advancing farther. Attacks persisted through the next day and late into June 11. By the morning of June 12, the Chinese forces withdrew. Similar assaults continued on “Outpost Harry” through the next week. Sergeant Nicolas Cruz-Perez entered the U.S. Army from Puerto Rico and served in K Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action during the CCF assault on “Outpost Harry.” SGT Cruz-Perez’s remains were not recovered following his loss, and he has not been associated with any remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Cruz-Perez is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency