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MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 23, 1945 – July 26, 1968
Service recordManuel Mendoza Siqueiros, of Nogales, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 15
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Nogales, Arizona (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 15
- TERRY ALLEN FRECHETTESpecialist Four · July 26, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD MARK ONEALCorporal · July 26, 1968
- ERIC PARKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
From Nogales
- RICHARD GEORGE ENGELMANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- SALVADOR LOPEZ NORZAGARAYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
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.