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MICHAEL EDWARD BORGES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1950 – April 2, 1970
Service recordMichael Edward Borges, of Fairfield, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 78
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 78
- STEVEN JAMES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- DONALD GLENN ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 79
- SPENCER ALAN GOETHECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 80
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 80
- ROBERT PAUL KETTERINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 82
- DENNIS NEWMAN PIPKINCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 83
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
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.