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MICHAEL BARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1949 – June 11, 1968
Service recordMichael Bard, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 23
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
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 23
- DELAINE ARNOLD A CHAP JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.