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FELIX HERNANDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – September 14, 1966
Service recordFelix Hernandez, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 95
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE KNUDSEN JRFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1966
- RICHARD ROBERT MILESPrivate · September 14, 1966
- CLARENCE W STODDARD JRCommander · September 14, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.