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RUSSELL CLAIR MANN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – July 3, 1971
Service recordRussell Clair Mann, of Cohocton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 98
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Cohocton, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 98
- ROGER WILLIAM FAREWELLSergeant · July 3, 1971
- GERRY ARTHUR HARRCaptain · July 3, 1971
- TERRY JACK MARTELLCaptain · July 3, 1971
- RICHARD SALLEE JRSergeant · July 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 97
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 99
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.