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MICHAEL DONALD MCGOVERN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1942 – February 11, 1971
Service recordMichael Donald McGovern, of Stony Point, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Stony Point, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 96
- CLYDE WENDELL HANSONTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1971
- ROY LEE HELBERTCorporal · February 11, 1971
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
From Stony Point
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY NATALEPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.