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JAMES FRANCIS MACMANUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – April 20, 1968
Service recordJames Francis Macmanus, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 10
- CLAUDE MCCAN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- TERRY WARD MOTTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY NATALEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- LARRY LEE NEFFPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES BRANAUGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51E, Line 5
- WILLIAM GLENN LAMBERTSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 8
- ROBERT JOSEPH NOTOPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 11
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 14
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.