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MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1945 – May 17, 1970
Service recordMichael Albert Wainwright, of Princeton, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Princeton, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 59
- NASH FRYCorporal · May 17, 1970
- FREDERICK DON SNYDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1970
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BLOOMFIELDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 56
- RICHARD ALLEN HAITHCOXCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 57
- HENRY JAMES KETHESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 59
From Princeton
- DALE WILLIAM MOORESpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
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.