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ANTHONY WAYNE MANSTIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – April 21, 1970
Service recordAnthony Wayne Manstis, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 31
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 31
- MARK FARRENSergeant First Class · April 21, 1970
- DANNY WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · April 21, 1970
- VAL GREGORY MEYERSergeant · April 21, 1970
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 31
- RONALD BRUCE STILLIONSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.