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RALPH E MANNING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1932 – June 23, 1966
Service recordRalph E Manning, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 81
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LESTERSergeant · June 23, 1966
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 82
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.