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MICHAEL DALE CASEY
Captain · U.S. Army
June 18, 1946 – January 23, 1970
Service recordMichael Dale Casey, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 59
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Sallisaw, Oklahoma (Sequoyah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 59
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- WILLIAM HOWARD CLARK JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- RONALD CHARLES DAVISSergeant · January 23, 1970
- TERENCE J FOLSOMPrivate · January 23, 1970
From Sallisaw
- FRANKLIN EDWARD MOORESergeant First Class · March 25, 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.