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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Marvin George Manternach.

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MARVIN GEORGE MANTERNACH

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 25, 1944 – December 23, 1966

Service record

Marvin George Manternach, of Manchester, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13E · Line 75

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 3 BN 60 INF 9 INF DIV
Born
April 25, 1944
Home of record
Manchester, Iowa (Delaware County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 23, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Manchester

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.