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MICHAEL E MCNEAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – March 18, 1967
Service recordMichael E McNeal, of Geiger Heights, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Geiger Heights, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 106
- JUAN VELASCO MINA JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1967
- GEORGE MORGANCorporal · March 18, 1967
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 103
- MYRON THOMAS GODDARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 105
- MICHAEL NEAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 105
- JOHN HENRY WILLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 105
- RALPH TRAYLOR WOODALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 108
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.