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EDDIE MANIS
Airman Third Class · U.S. Air Force
May 11, 1947 – May 12, 1967
Service recordEddie Manis, of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, served as an Airman Third Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 98
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Third Class (A3C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 98
- ERNEST GARY MADDENCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- VICTOR H MONTOYA JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL ROGERS JRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1967
From Gatlinburg
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERYCorporal · January 8, 1970
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.