Manuel Bonilla Elhart

Manuel Bonilla
Nickname(s)El niño héroe
Born1868
Callao, Peru
DiedJanuary 15, 1881(1881-01-15) (aged 12–13)
Lima, Peru
Buried at
Allegiance Peru
Service / branchPeruvian Army
Years of service1881
Battles / warsWar of the Pacific

Manuel Fernando Bonilla Elhart (1868–1881) was a Peruvian child soldier and war hero who was killed by a grenade while fighting in the battle of Miraflores during the War of the Pacific.