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MANUEL E MESA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1945 – April 27, 1967
Service recordManuel E Mesa JR, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 101
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD DALLASLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BELVIN LIGHTFOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 103
- DONALD RAYMOND YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 105
From Coral Gables
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 1970
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.