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MIGUEL HEREDIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1948 – January 20, 1969
Service recordMiguel Heredia, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 42
- KENNETH RAE MCGUIRECorporal · September 28, 1968
- OTIS KENNEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- FRED DUANE KESTERPrivate · January 20, 1969
- ALEXANDER KINGSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- RAYMOND JIM KOZIKSergeant · January 20, 1969
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 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.