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LARRY GEORGE MANUEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – March 30, 1968
Service recordLarry George Manuel, of Effingham, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Effingham, Illinois (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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 47E, Line 13
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS LINKSergeant · March 30, 1968
- JOHN GRADY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LEE BLASINGAMEPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 8
- WALTER ALAN CICHONStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 9
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 9
- DAVID CULP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 9
- CHARLES HENRY DYCHESPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 10
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · Panel 47E, Line 11
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 12
- ROBERT STEVENS JERNBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 12
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 13
- JESSE ALLEN MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 14
From Effingham
- ALLEN MACY BEALSLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM KENTERSergeant · October 30, 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.