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MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1947 – March 16, 1967
Service recordMichael Charles Dominguez, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 89
- NORMAN RICHARD CATLINPrivate · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CHADWICKMaster Sergeant · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES DALEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
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.