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DENNIS DEWAIN MANNING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1949 – July 30, 1968
Service recordDennis Dewain Manning, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD KANDELLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID LINSECorporal · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.