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JOHN EDWARD MANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – May 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Manson, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 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
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 27
- JAMES ARTHUR LANIERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- BOBBY LYN MCKAINChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY WAYNE BRIDGEMANSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 22
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 24
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 54E, Line 24
- DERVIN JOHN KEISLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 26
- BOBBY LYN MCKAINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54E, Line 27
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 29
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.