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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Roger Michael Mannie.

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ROGER MICHAEL MANNIE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 29, 1937 – October 28, 1965

Service record

Roger Michael Mannie, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3E · Line 3

Position of Panel 3E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
July 29, 1937
Home of record
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 28, 1965
Age
28
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3E, Line 3

Same unit, same day

From Minneapolis

All 193 names from Minneapolis →

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.