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MANUEL HIGUERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordManuel Higuera, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 23
- RUPERT WATSON GOEBEL JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- GLENN RAYMOND GORDONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT ELWIN GRIFFITHFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- RANDY ROY MUELLERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- DARRYL EUGENE MCCARTNEYMajor · Panel 30W, Line 28
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 30
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.