Master Sergeant George Carey Manring
Master Sergeant George Carey Manring of the Baker Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division has been missing in action since December 6, 1950 and is finally returning home to Lake Wales, Florida.
He was born on April 3, 1929 in Opp, Alabama to William and Eula Manring and he moved to Lake Wales, Florida with his parents. On June 25, 1947, at the age of 18, he enlisted with the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. He was restationed to Fort George G. Meade in Maryland in October of 1947. In May of 1948 he was staged at Camp Stoneman in California for a short time before being deployed to Korea to serve the United States Army in the Korean War.
Master Sergeant Manring was assigned to the 31st Regimental Combat Team in November of 1950 under the direction of General Douglas MacArthur with a goal to unify North and South Korea. During a hard-fought battle near the Chosin Reservoir around Hangaru-ri, Master Sergeant Manring was reported missing in action by his unit on December 6, 1950. On December 31, 1953, the United States Army issued a Finding of Death because Master Sergeant Manring was never found.
In 2018, North Korea transported multiple containers of remains of United States Military Personnel from the Korean War back to the United States. Since then, the United States Military was able to identify Master Sergeant Manring as a serviceman who was returned home.
Master Sergeant Manring was survived by his father, William Hollis Manring who passed in 1965; mother, Eula R. Manring who passed in 1983; sister, Frances Tarlton who passed in 2007; nephew, Buddy Bowden (Diane) now of Winter Haven, Florida; and nieces, JoEllen Bowden Brogdon (John Paul) now of Bartow, Florida and Yvonne Warren now of Winter Haven, Florida.
Master Sergeant Manring will be laid to rest with his parents in Lake Wales Cemetery at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2025 following a graveside service with military honors.
