McMANUS, KEVIN JOSEPH

RIP - 07/31/08 after a long illness.

                                       
Name: Kevin Joseph McManus
Rank/Branch: O2/United States Air Force
Unit: 390th TFS
Date of Birth:  19 Sept 1942, Babylon, NY
Home City of Record: Babylon NY
Date of Loss: 14 June 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 212300 North  1063700 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C
Missions: 140+
Other Personnel in Incident: Edward Mechenbier, returnee


Official pre-capture photo

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023

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Kevin McManus retired from the United States Air Force as a Lt. Colonel. He
and his wife Mary Jane reside in Virginia.

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March 1999
Kevin (Rory) McManus, the youngest of Kevin and Mary Jane's seven
children, died peacefully on Friday evening, March 19 after a valiant, but
ultimately unsuccessful, two year battle with a cancerous brain tumor. Those
who knew him will miss him dearly, for he was a bright light that shone for
nearly 16 years.
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Kevin McManus, 65; Vietnam War POW
By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 10, 2008; C07

Kevin McManus, 65, an Air Force pilot shot down over North Vietnam who spent nearly six years as a prisoner of war and later retired as a lieutenant colonel, died of lung cancer July 31 at his home in Oakton...

Kevin McManus was buried Oct 16, 2008 in Arlington.

 

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