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BARRY ARTHUR MANTHEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – August 14, 1968
Service recordBarry Arthur Manthey, of Columbus, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 13
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 13
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KERMIT C PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 14
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.