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MICHAEL CARMELO MANNINA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – November 10, 1968
Service recordMichael Carmelo Mannina, of Bellmore, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellmore, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 44
- GEORGE WILLIAM HOLLCorporal · November 10, 1968
- RONALD JOHN JENSENSergeant · November 10, 1968
- LARRY RALPH LALANSpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
From Bellmore
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT PIAMBINOPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · May 25, 1968
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
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.