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MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 23, 1946 – June 2, 1970
Service recordMichael Alfred Rasmusson, of Antioch, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Antioch, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 3
- JAMES MICHAEL STOKESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULMSergeant · June 2, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ANDERSONSergeant · June 3, 1970
- MICHAEL PHILIP BOUCHARDSergeant · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GRAHAM CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 133
- DARRELL WAYNE HANSONCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 1
From Antioch
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · December 18, 1965
- MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- DANIEL VIRAMONTES VALDEZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICKSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- RAYMOND CLYDE HOLTSergeant · December 27, 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.