Anthony Manganello, Jr

The database page for Anthony Manganello, Jr

25 Jan 2008 I would like to thank you for being a friend and fellow Marine. It has been a long time without you and I still don't know much. You were a friend and comrade in arms, you gave the ultimate and you will not be forgotten. Jacob Hatter, Scott Walgren, and I have carried your memory for 39 years and you are not forgotten. Semper Fi! From a fellow Marine, Scott Walgren Cpl USMC RVN scottnmolly@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 3/3 Marines' Command Chronology for August 1968 reports that the battalion rear element was at Camp Carroll near Ca Lu, while the bulk of it was in forward company positions near the Rockpile. On 27 August both locations received 130mm artillery fire from NVA positions within the Demilitarized Zone. Ten Marines were killed by the artillery: Near the Rockpile: Sgt Harold L. Zug, Fairborn, OH, Kilo 3/3 LCpl Richard A. Brown, Columbus, OH, Kilo 3/3 LCpl Peter F. Comacho, Santa Ana, CA, H&S 3/3 LCpl Anthony Manganello, Garfield, NJ, Kilo 3/3 LCpl Ernest Postorino, Rockville, MD, Kilo 3/3 Pfc Daniel P. Droszcz, Chicago, IL, Kilo 3/3 Pfc Roger L. Fraker, Hellam, PA, Kilo 3/3 81 Mortars, H&S Co, at Camp Carroll: Cpl Earl J. Blunkall, Nashville, TN LCpl William L. Pitt, Springfield, TN LCpl Robert G. Washburn, California City, CA

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 25 Jan 2008
Last updated 08/10/2009