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FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordFrank Joseph McManus, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 18
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 18
- GARY HILLStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- GREGORY STAN MUNDELLPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- FREDRICK ELLIS NIGHSergeant · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 13
- JAMES PATRICK RAWLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 20
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 22
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 24
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW KUCICHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
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.