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RALPH WILLIAM MANNERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 12, 1944 – August 26, 1968
Service recordRalph William Manners, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 26, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 12, 1944
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 31
- BRUCE MAYO MCCLELLANSpecialist Five · August 26, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT J MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- PETER PATRICK MURNER JRSecond Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 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.