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JOHN MICHAEL WALSH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – April 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Walsh, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 28
- JOHNNIE PERRY STEPHENS JRFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH TISCHLERSergeant · April 22, 1969
- WALTER SHELBY VANCLEAVELieutenant Colonel · April 22, 1969
- JERRY LEE WALLCorporal · April 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES COUSARStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 24
- NICKOLAS GASTELUM GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 25
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 27
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.