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MICHAEL JOHN MANIERE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordMichael John Maniere, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 71
- DONALD J MORRISCaptain · May 20, 1970
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · May 20, 1970
- PETER JAMES PENNUCCICorporal · May 20, 1970
- RANDALL CRAIG VANHAITSMACorporal · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE LEWIS FORDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 68
- JAMES JOSEPH HAZARDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 70
- JOHN HOWARD WAALENStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
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.