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MICHAEL ERNEST SINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1948 – July 7, 1968
Service recordMichael Ernest Singer, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 39
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
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 39
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- DAVID JACKSON SHARPSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- LEONARD COSBY SHARPLEYSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- WILMER FRANKLIN SIMPKINSSergeant · July 7, 1968
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.