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FERNANDO VILLASANA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1950 – November 18, 1970
Service recordFernando Villasana, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 70
- ROBERT HENERSON WILSON JRCorporal · November 18, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ASQUITHPrivate · November 19, 1970
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · November 19, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT GRISARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.