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USS Enterprise on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, May 1966. Photo: U.S. Navy, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Douglas Thomas Manka.

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DOUGLAS THOMAS MANKA

Fireman Apprentice · U.S. Navy

March 14, 1953 – November 14, 1972

Service record

Douglas Thomas Manka, of Ray, Minnesota, served as a Fireman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 14, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1W · Line 91

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Fireman Apprentice (FA)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Fireman (FN)
Born
March 14, 1953
Home of record
Ray, Minnesota (Koochiching County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 14, 1972
Age
19
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)

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One name on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1972. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Ray

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.