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MANUEL HERNANDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1943 – November 26, 1967
Service recordManuel Hernandez, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 1, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 91
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD C HIGGINS IIIPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- ALBERT HUGH HORTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.