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MICHAEL DAVID MCCANDLESS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1949 – June 3, 1967
Service recordMichael David McCandless, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 49
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- TAYLOR HENRY MCLEMORECorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES CALEB MONROELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- LOWELL EDWARD MORGANMajor · June 3, 1967
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.