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JAMES EDWARD MANN
Captain · U.S. Army
November 30, 1933 – October 3, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Mann, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 70
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (32162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 30, 1933
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES LEE MERRICK JRLieutenant · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WAKE MILESSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE MONTGOMERYSergeant · October 3, 1968
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
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.