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DONALD BRYAN MANCILL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1945 – September 6, 1969
Service recordDonald Bryan Mancill, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 48
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · September 6, 1969
- JOHN EARL LOGESSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- DANIEL MICHAEL LYNCHLance Corporal · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL MCKENZIE MAYESergeant · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST AHLSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 45
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 45
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 48
- MICHAEL MCKENZIE MAYESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 48
- CHARLES RAY MOORESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 49
From Drexel Hill
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
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.