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MANUEL V ARENAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1945 – July 9, 1968
Service recordManuel V Arenas JR, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 3
- ROBERT EVERETT ASHHospitalman · July 9, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH AVELLAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM CARRSergeant · July 9, 1968
- EDWARD W WASHINGTON JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 5
- HUGH LEE HARRINGTONSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 6
- FREDERICK RAYMOND MILLEDGESpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 7
- DALE EUGENE NORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 7
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
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.