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MICHAEL ALLAN POWELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – July 4, 1968
Service recordMichael Allan Powell, of Olivette, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Olivette, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 12
- MORRIS POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE REEDCaptain · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- LEVI RAY REYNOLDSWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 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.