SGT Lee Henderson Manning was declared MIA in the Korean War in May, 1951, he was 21 years old at the time. He is one of hundreds of Heroes who have since been located and sent to Hawaii for identification through advanced technology in DNA testing. He was accounted for on the 26th of August, 2014 and come home to rest on November the 7th.
Sergeant Manning was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951, in a POW camp known as Camp 5 in Pyokdong, North Korea.
Sergeant Manning was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
See official DPAA News Release here.
Sergeant Manning was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951, in a POW camp known as Camp 5 in Pyokdong, North Korea.
Sergeant Manning was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
See official DPAA News Release here.
SGT Lee Henderson Manning was declared MIA in the Korean War in May, 1951, he was 21 years old at the time. He is one of hundreds of Heroes who have since been located and sent to Hawaii for identification through advanced technology in DNA testing. He was accounted for on the 26th of August, 2014 and come home to rest on November the 7th.
Sergeant Manning was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951, in a POW camp known as Camp 5 in Pyokdong, North Korea.
Sergeant Manning was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
See official DPAA News Release here.
Sergeant Manning was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951, in a POW camp known as Camp 5 in Pyokdong, North Korea.
Sergeant Manning was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
See official DPAA News Release here.
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