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JOHN EDWARD MANNING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1939 – January 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Manning, of Channelview, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Channelview, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 75
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT J MARIZFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- JERRY MARKUSCorporal · January 30, 1968
From Channelview
- BILLY EDWARD BROWNLance Corporal · July 31, 1967
- ALVIA GRADY BRYANTCorporal · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM ROYAL LINDSEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.