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MANUEL LOUIS FONT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – August 15, 1966
Service recordManuel Louis Font, of Summit, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Summit, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 7
- HENRY BUTLERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- BOBBY J COFFELTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1966
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1966
From Summit
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 1970
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.