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TRUMAN JOSEPH MCMANUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1949 – June 5, 1968
Service recordTruman Joseph McManus, of Mansfield Center, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Mansfield Center, Connecticut (Tolland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 60W, Line 20
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- TONY VALDEZ NASTORCorporal · June 5, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
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.