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MICHAEL DANIEL WESSEL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1944 – July 27, 1967
Service recordMichael Daniel Wessel, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 11
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT NEIL MINETTOCorporal · May 9, 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.