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MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1943 – September 19, 1966
Service recordMichael Douglas Derosier, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 117
- WILLIAM SHELDON DAVIS IIICaptain · September 19, 1966
- RONALD CLIFFORD DEXTERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- LAWRENCE VINCENT MCMAHONStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1966
From Ft Walton Beach
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 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.