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MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – January 8, 1970
Service recordMichael Clarence Vickery, of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 16
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- LARRY PAUL BARTLETTSergeant First Class · January 9, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN BECKERLance Corporal · January 9, 1970
- EDGAR LEE BISHOPSergeant · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 12
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 13
- JOHN MICHAEL RICESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 15
From Gatlinburg
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- EDDIE MANISAirman Third Class · May 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.