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THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordThomas George Manderfeld, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 50
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · April 10, 1969
- DANIEL SCOTT KEITHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGASergeant · April 10, 1969
- RONALD STEPHEN ROSSINISecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 47
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 52
- JOSEPH FRANK SPINNICCHIASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 52
From Mankato
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
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.