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MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1940 – February 26, 1970
Service recordManuel Galvez-Pastrana, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 23, 1940
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 56
- RONALD STEPHEN BAYPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- NORMAN KELLY BYASSEEPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT BARRY CROSBYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MARK STEVEN DIORIOSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ROY ROESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 59
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 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.