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MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1948 – May 28, 1967
Service recordMichael Dennis Withrow, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY BEESON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL BIONDIPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEONARD CRANESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 3
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 1970
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.