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MICHAEL CHARLES DELACY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1944 – November 16, 1965
Service recordMichael Charles Delacy, of Los Altos, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 65
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
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Altos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 65
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- LUTHER VERMONT GILREATHSergeant First Class · November 16, 1965
From Los Altos
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · March 30, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- JOSEPH LESTER HARTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
- JAMES ALLYN DUENSINGLieutenant · January 30, 1973
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.