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HECTOR MANUEL VEGA-DIAZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordHector Manuel Vega-Diaz, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 86 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 83
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROY DEAN WIMMERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.