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M J SAVOY
Airman · U.S. Navy
July 26, 1946 – June 17, 1966
Service recordM J Savoy, of University City, Missouri, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 58
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- University City, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 58
- MARCELINO SANTOS-VEGASergeant First Class · June 17, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- JOSE SCOTTY SIMBOLAPrivate · June 17, 1966
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · Panel 8E, Line 55
- CURTIS DAVID COLLETTEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 55
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 8E, Line 57
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 8E, Line 58
From University City
- ALLEN SHELDON CHERRYCaptain · August 9, 1967
- PETER ANTHONY SCHRADERCorporal · November 9, 1967
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · February 2, 1968
- RONNIE LEE HAWKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 1970
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.