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MANUEL AGUIAR SOARES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1946 – October 8, 1968
Service recordManuel Aguiar Soares, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 32
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 32
- GERALD SAMOLEJSergeant · October 8, 1968
- LYN DWIGHT SPARRECorporal · October 8, 1968
- JOHN BRADFORD STEVENSAirman First Class · October 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE SUMMERSSergeant · October 8, 1968
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 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.