Manuel Bonilla | |
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Nickname(s) | El niño héroe |
Born | 1868 Callao, Peru |
Died | January 15, 1881 Lima, Peru | (aged 12–13)
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Allegiance | Peru |
Service | Peruvian Army |
Years of service | 1881 |
Battles / wars | War 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.