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MANUEL LOUIS GINES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordManuel Louis Gines, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Firefighter (51M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ CO 31 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 1
- CARL DENNIS WADLEIGHSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- WALTER BRENNEMAN GROVE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- ROBERT HANSONLance Corporal · June 1, 1968
- NORMAN WINSTON HASSELLCorporal · June 1, 1968
- ALGERNON P KAAKIMAKA JRSergeant · June 1, 1968
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.