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MANUEL MIRANDA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 18, 1949 – June 14, 1971
Service recordManuel Miranda, of Tujunga, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Tujunga, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 76
- WAYNE ARTHUR GARBERSergeant First Class · June 14, 1971
- ANTHONY ALOYSIUS PRICESpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH JRCorporal · June 14, 1971
- DEE BERGERAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD LEE BROENNEKESergeant · Panel 3W, Line 75
- FRANKLIN THOMAS CRITESCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 75
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 75
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 75
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH JRCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 76
From Tujunga
- JERRY RAY MURPHYSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- FRED B BECKERMANN JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID SHEAHANPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JACK DENNIS DOWNSPrivate First Class · April 6, 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.