How many soldiers from Puerto Rico have been killed in Iraq?

Answer 1

I am from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and know a bit of our history.

As far as I know, all drafted soldiers from Puerto Rico in World War One were sent to Panama to protect the recently opened Canal. I do not know if any died there, but that was a non-combat zone. malaria was a common type of sickness back in those days, so maybe some of them died of this illness, common in tropical climates. They were sent there because it is a Spanish speaking country, as is Puerto Rico.

Many other soldiers were sent to different spots on the island, to serve as home guard. In particular, coastal areas.

Some puertorricans may have eventually been sent to France, but they were probably living alrready in the US, and enlisted in the regular army, and not drafted residents of the island.

The first shot of the United States in World War One was fired in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 21, 1915, when the German vessel Odenwald tried to enter the port without permission. It was a U-boat re-supply ship.

The second shot of the war (the first shot after war was declared), was in 1917 on the island of Guam, where the German ship Cormoran was forced out of the harbor by US Marines dettached on the island.

One of the last veterans of World War One, a puertorrican named Emiliano Mercado del Toro, died last year at 116 years of age (by Guiness, the oldest veteran of ANY war in recorded history). He received basic training at the Las Casas training facility (today, a housing complex), and was sent to Panama. Other accounts say he was on his way to France when the Armistice was signed.

Some military facilities and batteries from the era can still be seen in San Juan today...

Jose A. Martinez Ortiz

San Juan, P.R.

email: pronet@caribe.net

The "Monumento de la Recordacion", which is a monument in San Juan, Puerto Rico dedicated to Puerto Rico's fallen military heroes, has the name of Luis Munoz, inscribed on Panel 5, Line 1 as the only Puerto Rican casualty of the war, however there were more. The "American Battle Monuments Commission, World War I Honor Roll" has listed the following Puerto Ricans as casualties: Santiago Cintron Sergeant, U.S. Army; 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division; Died: October 29, 1918; Buried at: Plot B Row 34 Grave 9; Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Alberto J. FernandesCivilian, U.S. Army; 127th Quartermaster Labor Company; Died: September 2, 1918; Buried at: Plot B Row 19 Grave 10; Suresnes American Cemetery; Suresnes, France and Alfredo A. LimaCivilian; Died: January 4, 1919; Buried at: Plot B Row 20 Grave 3; Suresnes American Cemetery; Suresnes, France. Mario Cesar Miranda Cruz, from Arecibo died during combat in France and is buried in San Juan. For more information on Puerto Ricans in World War I, please read my article in Wikpedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_World_War_I

Tony (The Marine) Santiago

Answer 2

345 US Servicemen from Puerto Rico were killed in the Vietnam War.

Answer 3

How many Panamanian died in the war of Iraq

Answer 4

Puerto Rico lost 345 men in Vietnam.