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DAVID LAWRENCE MANNING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1938 – August 4, 1966
Service recordDavid Lawrence Manning, of Arvada, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Arvada, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 106
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1966
- GEORGE LEMUEL ELLISSpecialist Five · August 5, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- ANDREW MCARTHUR DUNCANSpecialist Four · August 6, 1966
From Arvada
- ROBERT LARRY WESKAMPCaptain · April 25, 1967
- RONALD WYATT ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- DOUGLAS BLANCHARD PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD JOHN BRATRSOVSKYLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- DAVID LAVERNE GIRARDOLance Corporal · May 3, 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.