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MICHAEL ANTHONY VANCOSKY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1950 – May 4, 1970
Service recordMichael Anthony Vancosky, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 98
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 98
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 1970
- LARRY LANCE WATKINSPrivate · May 4, 1970
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · May 4, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD AARONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.