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JOSE MANUEL PENA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1944 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJose Manuel Pena, of Boqueron, Puerto Rico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 19
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Boqueron, Puerto Rico (Cabo Rojo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 19
- BRUCE JEFFREY NELSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY B NESBITTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- STEVE OWEN NUSSBAUMERSergeant · August 25, 1968
- MARVIN ROBERT PEARCESpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERARD JOSEPH DUNNESergeant · Panel 46W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · Panel 46W, Line 16
- JERRY LLOYD DAVISSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 18
- STEVE OWEN NUSSBAUMERSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 19
- EDWARD JOHN WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Boqueron
- ALBERTO HERNANDEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
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.