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MANUEL CATANO NEVES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1943 – December 6, 1967
Service recordManuel Catano Neves, of Tracy, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- February 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Tracy, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 51
- KEVIN MICHAEL MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- DOUGLAS LYLE MCLOUDCorporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- JACKIE RAY PERRYLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
From Tracy
- LARKIN OSCAR VALLERANDLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUSHERCorporal · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM PISHNER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
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.