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ROGER D MANNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – May 11, 1966
Service recordRoger D Manns, of Akron, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Akron, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 49
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- GARRY HAROLD LINDERLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK OTTOSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
From Akron
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · January 15, 1969
- JAMES KEITH AMEIGHWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 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.