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MANUEL DELUNA JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1948 – November 16, 1968
Service recordManuel Deluna JR, of Needville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 73
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Needville, Texas (Fort Bend County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 73
- JAMES CRAFTSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- RUSSELL ADDISON HODGESpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
From Needville
- ANTONIO FLORES JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 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.