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NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 4, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordNoel Barbaro Hernandez, of Miami, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 48
- PAUL DARBYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- JOHN ENGLISH DAVISSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
- DONALD GLEN DETRICKSpecialist Five · January 16, 1971
- JOHN MEIGS GRAHAMCaptain · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 47
- ROGER GUY HOLLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 49
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 51
- JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JRCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 51
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.