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MANUEL ANSELMO FERNANDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1952 – July 7, 1972
Service recordManuel Anselmo Fernandez, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1952
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1972; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 53
- HARLAND M DAVIS JRMajor · July 7, 1972
- PHILLIP RANDALL DUFFSergeant · July 7, 1972
- THOMAS PATRICK KEOGHStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1972
- FREDERICK M KOSSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 52
- PHILLIP RANDALL DUFFSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 53
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.