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MICHAEL ANTHONY POWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1949 – May 25, 1969
Service recordMichael Anthony Powell, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 107
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 107
- JAN RAUSCHKOLBCorporal · May 25, 1969
- LAWRENCE NEIL SAVINOPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANK SKAGGSCorporal · May 25, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.