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CHARLES EDWARD MANNING
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Manning, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 76
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
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 28 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 76
- RANDY TRUMAN KENDLEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE LUTZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRIDFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN IIICorporal · May 12, 1969
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 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.