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JAMES MANOR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 19, 1950 – March 27, 1972
Service recordJames Manor, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 27, 1972, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 40 ARRS MAC
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1972. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “40 ARRS MAC”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 120
- DAVID ERIC PANNABECKERCaptain · March 27, 1972
- RAYMOND ANTHONY WAGNERAirman First Class · March 27, 1972
- EDWARD PUCK KOW WONG JRStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1972
- LARRY JAMES WOODSChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 27, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JACK CROW JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 119
- RICHARD E DREHERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 119
- DAVID ERIC PANNABECKERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 120
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
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.