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MICHAEL GEORGE MCMANUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1946 – November 29, 1965
Service recordMichael George McManus, of Bridgeport, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 117
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 117
- ROBERT WAYNE ANDREASENPrivate First Class · November 28, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- THOMAS OWEN GREENCorporal · November 29, 1965
- VIRGIL D GRIFFYSpecialist Four · November 29, 1965
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.