GREEN BERETS Mann, James Edward (Jim)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mann ​

• FORENAME

James Edward (Jim) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company A,Det B-36,S-3 Ops) (3 M.S.F.C.)​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

0-5004759 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd October 1968 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 34 Site 1496​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New Britain,Connecticut​

born 30.11.1933 Middletown,Connecticut​

son of Edward Floyd Francis and Genevieve (nee Bride) Mann​

husband of Patricia J. (nee Molloy) Mann (1942-97) (married 30.5.1963) (2 sons James,Jr and John)​

graduated Middletown High School​

attended Teachers College of Connecticut 1951-56 ​

teacher,Cromwell High School ​

teacher,Central Connecticut State College (Master's Program)​

US Army Reserve 1951​

US Army 1956-58 (Sgt) ​

teacher,Nathaniel White School,Cromwell​

teacher,Cromwell High School 1959​

called up for active service 1966​

graduated SF Officers Course 68-1,Fort Bragg​

5 SF Group 1967-68​

awards Bronze Star,Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters,Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster​

KIA when helicopter shot down 13 k southwest of Thien Ngon,Tay Ninh Province,South Vietnam (China Boy VI) ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 42W Line 70 ​

St John's Cemetery,Middletown,Middlesex County,Connecticut (family headstone)​

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