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VICTOR MANUEL YANEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordVictor Manuel Yanez, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 58
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 58
- RONNIE GENE WEESELance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- JAMES CLAIBORNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- RICHARD LEE ZODYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- GERALD RICHARD ACTONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM HASTINGSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 49
- HUBERT SAMUEL TILLEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 55
- DAVID ALLEN TRINKALASpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.