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RONALD LEE MANLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1945 – March 11, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Manley, of Middleport, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 62
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Middleport, Ohio (Meigs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 62
- NORMAN ROBERT MAYERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- DOUGLAS O MUNDHENKESpecialist Five · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Middleport
- JIMMY GOETHEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
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.