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ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 10, 1944 – March 22, 1969
Service recordAlbert Manuel Mendoza, of Superior, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Superior, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 11
- CHARLES LARRY GUTHRIESpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- STEVEN DALE HOOPERSergeant · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 7
- ALBERT CHARLES BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 28W, Line 9
From Superior
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- LEONARD EUGENE FRITZPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- ROY GEREAD DORSETTSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT LUIS ROMEROPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- JERRELL RAY JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
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.