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EDWARD EMIL MANNS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1942 – February 2, 1967
Service recordEdward Emil Manns, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 108
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- LUIS GUILLERMO MORAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 109
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 110
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.