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MANUEL GURROLA ULLOA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – February 8, 1969
Service recordManuel Gurrola Ulloa, of East Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- East Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 90
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- CALVIN WAYNE WILKINSLance Corporal · February 8, 1969
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- RUSSELL BYRD ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 83
- DAVID PETER HAEGELESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 88
- MICHAEL JOHN SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 90
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.