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MICHAEL CLAY TOSH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1947 – October 24, 1967
Service recordMichael Clay Tosh, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 63
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
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 63
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- SIMEON ANDRADE TUAZON JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1967
- GAROLD THOMAS WILSONSergeant First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROY EUGENE CONRADSergeant · October 25, 1967
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 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.