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MICHAEL ALAN MCANINCH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1947 – August 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Alan McAninch, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 2
- JOSE FRANCISCO JIMENEZLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- RICHARD KENNETH JOECKENSergeant · August 28, 1969
- RICHARD EARL MARTINEZPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1969
- JOHNNY MUNOZSergeant · August 28, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.