Manuel Bonilla Elhart

Manuel Bonilla
Statue at Parque Reducto № 2
NicknameEl niño héroe
Born1868
Callao, Peru
DiedJanuary 15, 1881(1881-01-15) (aged 12–13)
Lima, Peru
Buried at
Presbítero Maestro
Allegiance Peru
BranchPeruvian Army
Service years1881
ConflictsWar 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.

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