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MANUEL GRIJALVA CASTILLO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordManuel Grijalva Castillo, of Placentia, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Placentia, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 7
- RICHARD WAYNE CRAWFORDLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN DAVID CRISP IIICorporal · September 6, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT BRYNLEY GRIFFITHSCorporal · September 6, 1967
From Placentia
- MACK LEE WOOLLEY JRSergeant · September 27, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS COOMERCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 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.