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MICHAEL DARWIN PERSONETTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordMichael Darwin Personette, of Cassopolis, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 1
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Cassopolis, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 1
- PETER THOMAS MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES ROMANKOLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- TEODORO SANTELLANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- JACK SIZEMORE SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1968
From Cassopolis
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · November 3, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- WAYNE MORRIS BELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 12, 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.