In Memory
Cpl. Dewey C. Mann, ND ex. ’45, USA, KIA Mar 1945 BS
Post #189, 24 Oct. 2021
CPL Dewey Clifford Mann—US Army
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Findagrave.com memorial |
PERSONAL DATA:
Home of Record: South Bend, Indiana
Date of Birth: May 16, 1924
Location of Birth: South Bend, Indiana
Notre Dame: Did not graduate with the class of 1945
MILITARY DATA:
Service Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Corporal
Unit: Co. C, 21st Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division
Commendations: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
CASUALTY DATA:
Date of Death: Mar. 8, 1945
Age at Death: 20
Location: Germany
Remains: Recovered
Casualty Hostile—Killed in Action
Casualty Reason:; Artillery shell wounds to the head
Buried: Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Indiana; reinterred Apr. 18, 1949
“Cpl. Dewey C Mann, ex. ’45, South Bend, was killed in action on March 5 while serving with the Third Army in Germany. Surviving besides his parents are a brother and a sister. Overseas since September, 1944, Dewey was with the 10th armored division. He was graduated from the ASTP [Army Specialized Training Program] engineering course at the University of Georgia before transferring to the armored service.” (Apr. 1945 Notre Dame Alumnus, p. 9, 10)
“Cpl. Dewey C. Mann, ex. ’45, South Bend, was killed in action March 8 (not March 5 a s previously reported) while serving with the Third Army in Germany. His division, the tenth armored, was highly commended for the part it played in the capture of the city of Metz. The members of the division also figured prominently in the heroic stand at Bastogne, battling for the city until the arrival of the 101st airborne division. Dewey, survived by his parents, brother and sister, was awarded the Purple Heart.” (June 1945 Notre Dame Alumnus, p. 16)
May 1945 Hospital Admission Report:
“Discharge Place: Not in Medical Installation Prior to Death . . .
Diagnosis: Location: Wounds; Head, generally; Causative Agent Artillery Shell, Fragments.” (U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 on Anecestry.com)
He was the son of Dewey S. and Florence (Gramac) Mann of 915 Bowman St, South Bend. (1940 U.S. Federal Census on Ancestry.com)
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1941 James Whitcomb Riley HS (South Bend) yearbook, p.50 |
Note: The “ex.” before a class year denotes that the man did not graduate from Notre Dame but had been a member of the class that graduated that year.
Additional Sources:
* Findagrave,com memorial no. 94791843
* HonorStates.org profile no. 464944
* U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 on Ancestry.com
* U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 on Ancestry.com
Additional Sources:
* Findagrave,com memorial no. 94791843
* HonorStates.org profile no. 464944
* U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 on Ancestry.com
Related Stories:
* Index to the Remembering Notre Dame’s World War II Fallen Servicemen Blog (link)
* For God, Country, and Notre Dame: ND World War II Alumni and Student Deaths (link)
* University of Notre Dame’s Vietnam Veteran Alumni Casualties: Classes 1944 to 1970 by Darrell Katovsich (link)
* 1950-53: Honoring Notre Dame Graduates Killed in Action in Korea (link)
John P. Hickey Jr. ’69, author and blog editor
Other Notre Dame Related Blogs by the Author:
* The University of Notre Dame Class of 1969 Blog (link)
* The Tom and Kate Hickey Family History Blog (link)
Posted 1 week ago by JP Hickey ND '69
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