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MICHAEL DUANE SPRINKLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1949 – July 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Duane Sprinkle, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 90
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
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 90
- STEVEN LINDSEY PORTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.