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MANUEL JESUS MOREIDA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1946 – December 2, 1967
Service recordManuel Jesus Moreida, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 26
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1967
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 26
- ROBERT L MORRISSergeant · December 2, 1967
- TOMMIE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- WAYNE JOSEPH STOKESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 23
- WALLACE WILSON LEEPERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 31E, Line 24
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 31E, Line 25
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.