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MICHAEL DAVID DAWSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordMichael David Dawson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 64
- LEON TIMOTHY DUNCANPrivate · June 17, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- JOSEPH DAVID FOURNIERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.