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LEO GENE MICHAEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1940 – November 21, 1966
Service recordLeo Gene Michael, of Dexter, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Dexter, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 103
- CHARLES KENNETH MALONEStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
From Dexter
- WAYNE EDWARD MEESPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- STANLEY DONALD GILBERTSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.