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VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – February 15, 1967
Service recordVan Dyke William Manners, of Ringoes, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 34
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Ringoes, New Jersey (Hunterdon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- EDGAR WILFREDO ODIOTLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN B CHAMBERLAINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 31
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 33
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 35
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 36
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 37
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.