Remembering
Gary O. C. Manchester
Private First Class, Army of the United States
B CO, 1ST BN, 20TH INFANTRY, 11 INF BDE
From Farmington, Maine
19 July 1948 - 26 December 1969
Gary O. C. Manchester is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Panel 15W Line 094.
19 Jun 2007Gary Manchester and I went through Basic Training and Infantry training together. We became good friends, and went on passes together in Asbury Park, NJ, and later in Seattle, WA. Gary was a great guy and fun to hang out with. We flew to Viet Nam at the same time, but were assigned to different units. I heard about two months later that he had been hit by an RPG while walking point.
The best way I could cope with Gary's death was to remember that "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord". I have thought of you often, my friend.
Dick McBain
The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend,
Richard L. McBain
1458 Sumter Drive S W, Marietta, Ga 30064
dickmcbain@comcast.net
The database page for Gary O. C. Manchester
www.VirtualWall.org
To alpha index M
ME State Index . Panel 15W
20TH INF RGT Index