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ARTHUR MANOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – May 7, 1968
Service recordArthur Manos, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 27
- WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCHSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- CARL JOHN MARINOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 19
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 20
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- STEVEN FREDERICK DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- PEDRO MORENO ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 30
- ROBERT RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 31
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.