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VERNON ARTHUR MANHEIM JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1946 – August 25, 1966
Service recordVernon Arthur Manheim JR, of Franklin Park, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 41
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Franklin Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 41
- SAMUEL JAMES LARKINSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- DANIEL CLYDE LYKINSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- RALPH LAWRENCE MASSEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE MATSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
From Franklin Park
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONAirman First Class · March 12, 1967
- RUSSELL MARTIN ERICKSONCorporal · July 24, 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.