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HOWARD JOSEPH MANER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 21, 1938 – June 18, 1969
Service recordHoward Joseph Maner, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 18, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 79
- GARY WAYNE LETSONSecond Lieutenant · June 18, 1969
- AURELE LIONEL LUCIEN MARCSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- HOLLIS GREGORY MILLERSergeant · June 18, 1969
- DENNIS GERARD MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 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.