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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Glenn Robert Manning.

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GLENN ROBERT MANNING

Captain · U.S. Air Force

September 20, 1940 – December 17, 1969

Service record

Glenn Robert Manning, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15W · Line 67

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
September 20, 1940
Home of record
New Orleans, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
December 17, 1969
Age
29
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 15W, Line 67

From New Orleans

All 164 names from New Orleans →

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.