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FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1949 – June 5, 1968
Service recordFelix Ramon Bocanegra, of Venice, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician (1141)
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 14
- DENNIS OWEN AKERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DANA ROBERT CALLSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZSergeant · August 20, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
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.