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DENNIS RUDOLPH MANSKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – June 12, 1967
Service recordDennis Rudolph Manske, of Pine River, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 94
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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
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Pine River, Wisconsin (Waushara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 94
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · June 12, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1967
- DANNY OWEN KENNELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY OWEN KENNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 94
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.