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GARY ORAL C MANCHESTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – December 26, 1969
Service recordGary Oral C Manchester, of Farmington, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 94
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Farmington, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 94
- TERRY LEROY JOSLINPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- DAVID LLOYD KNOTTMajor · December 26, 1969
- WALTER HENRY KOSKY JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 26, 1969
- MITCHELL MAGEE JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
From Farmington
- RODNEY GEORGE JOHNDROStaff Sergeant · August 6, 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.