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ROBERT JAMES MANIAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – July 10, 1971
Service recordRobert James Manias, of Orange, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 105
- RONALD JAMES KRIEGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- BRYAN LEE WILKENSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- THOMAS WAYNE BICKFORDSpecialist Five · July 11, 1971
- ROBERT LEWIS KINGStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1971
From Orange
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BURTON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- FRANKLIN CHARLES EUCKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- ERNEST D FUNICELLI JRCorporal · November 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALLERTON MEADECorporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM L HOLLAND JRPrivate · March 12, 1968
- WILLIAM HURLE SATTERFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
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.