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MANUEL AVILA JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 8, 1944 – November 12, 1966
Service recordManuel Avila JR, of Fresno, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 58
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 58
- ROY GENE ALVISPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- CHARLES T ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- EDUARDO AYALACorporal · November 12, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
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.