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MICHAEL DAVID PINKERTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1946 – June 18, 1967
Service recordMichael David Pinkerton, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; nine 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 22E, Line 8
- RICHARD LAWSON HIXCorporal · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT KENNETH MCCORVEYLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.