MARTIN ROWLAND MANESS

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/01/1968

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Mar 13, 1948
From: PAULS VALLEY, OK
Religion: CHURCH OF CHRIST
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on May 6, 1968
Casualty was on Jun 1, 1968
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

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Martin Maness was killed in action during a firefight with hostile forces, while on Operation Mathews.

Martin Maness before entering the Army

Photo courtesy of Bob Harik

PFC Martin R. Maness' decorations

Burial:
Whitebead Cemetery
Pauls Valley
Garvin County
Oklahoma, USA

Grave marker for Martin R. Maness

Photo by Robert Lee Layton Jr (Okie Bob) from the Find A Grave website

VFW Post 4576 Martin R. Maness Memorial Post in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
is named in honor of PFC Martin R. Maness.

The Garvin County Veterans Memorial in Pauls Valley, on W. Grant St. and Willow Ave.
is also called the Martin R. Maness Memorial. It lists the names of all those from Garvin County
who were Killed In Action during WWI, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam.

The Garvin County Veterans Memorial, also called the Martin R. Maness Memorial

Photo from the webpage Garvin County Veterans Memorial

For a video memorial tribute to Martin Maness click on the following link:

Martin Photostory

Top photo from Raine Lipscher from Martin Photostory

Thanks to M C Toyer for assistance in the preparation of this page

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