MANESS ALAN CARSON

Name: WO1 Alan Carson Maness
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 09/03/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 22.8
Date of Birth: 10/30/1946
Home City: Newport, NC
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: C/158 AVN 101 ABN
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 69-5
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 18W-028
Short Summary: Killed by our own troops while brown sector officer of the day at Camp Evans 101 ABN.
Service number: W3162849
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: Ground Casualty
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 05/09/1969
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: accidental homicide
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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