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Michael Carmelo Mannina
Specialist Four
B CO, 2ND BN, 16TH INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Bellmore, New York May 30, 1947 to November 10, 1968 (Incident Date November 05, 1968) MICHAEL C MANNINA is on the Wall at Panel W39, Line 44 |
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I was drafted in to the Army on September 6, 1967, and went to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for basic training. Michael Mannina was in my basic training company: Company E of the Fourth Battalion, First Training Brigade. We commenced training on 18 September and completed training on 10 November 1967. I was sent to Korea, and it was in Korea while I was reading the daily military newspaper "Stars & Stripes," that I read that Michael Mannina was killed on 10 November 1968. I remember him well, and will not forget his sacrifice. He was killed exactly one year after we completed Basic Training. The photo of Michael is from the Basic Training class book.
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Michael C. Mannina will always be remembered by me as the light of my Junior English class at Mepham High School. His death was, and remains to this day, a real tragedy. A waste of a beautiful life. Susan
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I was in Michael's unit in Vietnam, Bravo Company, 2/16th, Oscar Platoon, First Infantry Division. I served with Mike from April 68 til his death on November 10, 1968. Mike has been missed but not forgotten. He was a true brother in arms. The guys from Oscar/Bravo 2/16th will always remember him.
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I knew Mike from Junior High to High School. The shop teacher used to call him "Foundry Man" because he liked to do metal casting. I ran into him one time in a chow hall. He recognized me, I didn't recognize him, he had changed a lot. His name is memorialized by the class of 1966 in the lobby of Wellington C. Mepham High School, which I also graduated from with him. His name is set in bronze forever, along with 5 others who gave their lives. We put up this monument four years ago at our 35th reunion, which had he been there, would have saluted the others as I did. God Bless, Foundry Man, rest in peace.
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I served with Mike in Viet Nam. I remember the day well. He and 3 others were lost although Mike survived for a few days. Such a waste and such a fine young man. God rest their souls.
From a fellow Bravo 2/16th Soldier 68/69, |
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Yea, my last name is Mannina. I was maybe wondering if this guy may be related to me. But I don't ever remember any of my parents talking about a Michael Mannina. But my name is Jedd Mannina, so I dunno, I live in Brooklyn, New York and this guy Michael also lived in New York. A lot of my relatives came from Sicily and moved to New York. Hopefully this guy is related to me. That would be awesome.
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I'm 16 and a junior at Mepham High School in Bellmore, N.Y. I would just like to say thank you to Michael, the others listed on that bronze sign, and everyone else for what they sacrificed. My dad was drafted but the day before he had to go he got a phone call stating that he was excused from being drafted due to him being under a doctor's care, he had braces. :)
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A Note from The Virtual WallBravo Company, 2nd of the 16th Infantry, lost three men to enemy mortar fire on 05 Nov 1968:
The men named on the plaque at Mepham High School are
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