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MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1945 – April 17, 1967
Service recordMichael Allen Deprofio, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 39
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
- October 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 39
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND CARLTON JRMajor · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CLEVELANDPrivate · April 17, 1967
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
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.