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RICHARD RAYMOND MANEMANN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – November 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Raymond Manemann, of Granada Hills, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 17
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Granada Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · November 2, 1969
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
From Granada Hills
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- ROGER L DUCEFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN EASTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 16, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
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.