1st Lt. James Bernard Manning
Born: 23 July 1914 – Washburn, Wisconsin
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John F. Manning
Siblings: 1 sister
Wife: Daisy
Faculty Member: 1939 -1940
– Manning was the first man from the Midwest to qualify for military service
through the Selective Service Act.
Hometown:
– Washburn Wisconsin
Employment: Proviso Township High School – Maywood, Illinois
Residence: 7742 West Monroe Street, Forest Park, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Ann Manning Tomaso – sister
Enlisted:
– 18 November 1940 – Illinois – Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Training:
– Fort Custer, Michigan
– Officers Candidates School
Serial Number: O&1283990
Training:
– Unknown
– Unit: 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division
Engagements:
– landed at Utah Beach – 12 to 14 June 1944
– first combat – 19 June 1944 – Valognes and Cherbourg, France
– division entered Cherbourg on 25 June 1944
– capture Fort du Roule, La Basse-Normandie, Cherbourg-Octeville – 26 June 1944
Killed in Action:
– 26 June 1944
– according to a note to his parents sent by his wife, Daisy, he was hit by shrapnel while sitting in a field eating rations
Buried:
– Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
– Plot: A Row: 18 Grave: 20
Memorial:
– Woodland Cemetery – Washburn, Wisconsin
Medals:
– Purple Heart
– Silver Star
