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MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1947 – May 14, 1966
Service recordMichael Chavez Darcy, of Colton, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 58
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Colton, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 58
- NORMAND JOSEPH ASHTON JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN SEVIER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- BOBBY JOE JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
From Colton
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- REYES C HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 30, 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.