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MARTIN ROWLAND MANESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – June 1, 1968
Service recordMartin Rowland Maness, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 4
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 4
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN MUSZYNSKISergeant · June 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS WOLFECorporal · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY KOYLE DARRAHSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 22
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 2
- JOSEPH CEPHUS KING JRCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
From Pauls Valley
- WILLIAM LLOYD CRAWFORDLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 11, 1971
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.