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FREDERICK LEE MANLY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordFrederick Lee Manly, of Lamar, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 20
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- GARY EVERET CLAYTONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · Panel 33E, Line 22
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 24
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Lamar
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · March 4, 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.