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MIGUEL ANGEL HERNANDEZ-DIAZ
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1948 – November 22, 1969
Service recordMiguel Angel Hernandez-Diaz, of New York, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 22, 1969, in Thailand, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 70
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 70
- JOHN CHARLES SEELCaptain · April 29, 1970
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · April 29, 1970
- LORA WILLIAM SNYDERCorporal · April 29, 1970
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · April 29, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · April 29, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.