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DAVID LYLE MANN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordDavid Lyle Mann, of Estherville, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Estherville, Iowa (Emmet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 76
- JAMES ARNOLD MARDIS JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT MAXSONSergeant · June 5, 1969
- CLAUDIE METCALFPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- TORRANCE MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KERRY EUGENE HESSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 74
- JOHN ROBERT MAXSONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 76
From Estherville
- DENNIS RAY GLENNPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · June 29, 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.