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JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – June 1, 1969
Service recordJesse Stephen Manuel JR, of Wytheville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Wytheville, Virginia (Wythe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 38
- RAY EDWARD KNOLLSergeant · June 1, 1969
- LEONARD LEROY LEWISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- RUBEN LOPEZ-MERCEDSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- DAVID LEE MILLSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD LEROY LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 38
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 41
From Wytheville
- EDWARD DARRELL AKERSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- STEPHEN MICHAEL BRUMFIELDPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1972
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.