David Manyok Barac Atem
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{{Short description|South Sudanese military leader (1959–2021)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = David Manyok Barac Atem
| image = David Manyok Barac.png
| caption = Atem addressing soldiers
| birth_date = 1 January 1959
| death_date = 26 February 2021 (aged 62)
| death_place = Juba, South Sudan
| allegiance = South Sudan
| rank = Major General
| battles = Second Sudanese Civil War
| battles_label = War
}}
Major General David Manyok Barac Atem (1 January 1959 – 26 February 2021) was a South Sudanese military leader.
Military
Atem fought in the Second Sudanese Civil War, which resulted in the establishment of South Sudan as an independent nation. David joined the Jamus Battalion on May 16, 1983, when fighting broke out in Bor. In January 2021, he was deployed to the SSPDF General headquarters in Bilpham by President Salva Kiir Mayardit and as the Director of Administration, Personnel, and Finance by the Commander in Chief of the SSPDF Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit. He held the position for nearly a month, until his death in Juba on 26 February 2021 due to COVID-19.{{cite news |title=SSPDF's division 1 commander dies of COVID-19 in Juba |work=Sudans post |url=https://www.sudanspost.com/sspdfs-division-1-commander-dies-of-covid-19-in-juba/ |access-date=14 March 2023}}File:Major General David Manyok in a Military farm that he established in Renk.jpg]]
References
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- {{cite web |last1=Momodu |first1=Samuel |title=SECOND SUDANESE CIVIL WAR (1983-2005) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/events-global-african-history/second-sudanese-civil-war-1983-2005/ |website=BLACK PAST |date=23 December 2018 |access-date=13 April 2021}}
- {{cite news |title=South Sudanese journalist released after detention in Wau |url=https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55444 |access-date=13 April 2021 |publisher=Sudan Tribune |date=2015-06-22}}
- {{cite web |title=Media Monitoring Report, 15 November 07 |url=https://unmis.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/mmr-nov15.pdf |publisher=UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SUDAN (UNMIS) |access-date=13 April 2021}}
- {{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Jamal |title=SSDF Gen Manyok Barach dies today after Short illnes |url=https://thejubamirror.com/ssdf-gen-manyok-barach-dies-today-after-short-illnes/ |access-date=13 April 2021 |date=26 February 2021}}
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Category:South Sudanese military personnel
Category:People from Jonglei State
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan
Category:Second Sudanese Civil War