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MICHAEL RALPH MANNO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – September 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Ralph Manno, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 48
- WILLIAM RALPH MORLEDGEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- PRINIS WILSON ORSOLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE OWENSPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- JOSE ANTHONY PABEYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · Panel 43W, Line 45
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 47
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · Panel 43W, Line 47
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 49
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 50
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.