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MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – October 22, 1965
Service recordManuel Gonzalez-Maldonada, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 130
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 130
- CLIFFORD ROBERT HARRYChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 22, 1965
- CLAIRE LOWELL HAYNERFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- GEORGE GREGORIO LUISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 129
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 129
From Carolina
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.