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MANUEL CHICK NAJERA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 4, 1950 – April 15, 1971
Service recordManuel Chick Najera JR, of Oakland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 127
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 127
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1971
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 1971
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES WARD JRCorporal · April 15, 1971
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.