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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Israel Medina.

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ISRAEL MEDINA

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

August 19, 1948 – July 5, 1971

Service record

Israel Medina, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 100

Position of Panel 3W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
August 19, 1948
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 5, 1971
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 100

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.