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ROBERT JAMES MANN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1945 – January 8, 1967
Service recordRobert James Mann, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 126
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- TIMMY G MATTINGLYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES AVERY MESSICKStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHAN C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 129
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 1968
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
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.