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ALAN CARSON MANESS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – September 3, 1969
Service recordAlan Carson Maness, of Newport, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 28
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport, North Carolina (Carteret County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 28
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- DEAN RICHARD LANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 3, 1969
- JOHN GUSTAVE WILLEMSSpecialist Four · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILTON COXSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- NEAL DAVID EPIFANIOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 27
- GARY LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 28
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LOUIS TRENT MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 29
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 30
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 30
From Newport
- MYRON EDWIN RHUECorporal · February 23, 1969
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.