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MANUEL HERNANDEZ JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – April 28, 1969
Service recordManuel Hernandez JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 71
- RICHARD DALE HERTZLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- EDWIN EARL HOFFMANLance Corporal · April 28, 1969
- CARL RAY HOUSERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- LARRY L HOWELLSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.