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MICHAEL ALLEN WYRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1948 – October 21, 1967
Service recordMichael Allen Wyrick, of Edwardsville, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 47
- ARCHIE ANDREW PORTERSpecialist Five · October 21, 1967
- LEE ARTHUR TOYERLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- KENNETH EARL TREADWAYLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE WARDPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
From Edwardsville
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- ROMAN GALE MASONSergeant · January 27, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMELZLESpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
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.