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ROBERT LEE MANN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1933 – October 22, 1965
Service recordRobert Lee Mann, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 22, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 130
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 TR SQ
- Born
- February 19, 1933
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “9 TR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 130
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- CLIFFORD ROBERT HARRYChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 22, 1965
- CLAIRE LOWELL HAYNERFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- GEORGE GREGORIO LUISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 132
From Lafayette
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 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.