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ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – April 8, 1969
Service recordIsmael Fernando Hornelas, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 38
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIUNTACorporal · April 8, 1969
- RAYMOND ANTHONY GRAYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- IVAN IVORY GREENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1969
- EDWARD MICHAEL KACHMANSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENNIE WAYNE CAINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 36
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 37
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 40
From North Platte
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOURLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.