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ROYAL CHARLES MANK
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 25, 1920 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRoyal Charles Mank, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 14, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 20
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 25, 1920
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 20
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- CRAIG STANLEY MUHICHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE RODRICKSergeant · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.