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ERNEST CEDILLO MUNOZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1933 – May 26, 1969
Service recordErnest Cedillo Munoz, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 17, 1933
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 110
- PHILIP LYLE GAMBLE JRSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL HAYNES JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS HILLIARDSergeant · May 26, 1969
- JAMES DOYLE JOHNSONCorporal · May 26, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.