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RICHARD CHARLES MANNERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1946 – July 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Mannery, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 14
- ROCCO RENELL ISAACLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- DONALD ALBERT JONESFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT LONGStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1968
- RALPH WERNER MCLENDONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MORRIS CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 12
- DONALD ALBERT JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 14
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.