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MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1945 – November 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Brendan Counihan, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 73
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 73
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 1968
From Hyde Park
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 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.