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MICHAEL EUGENE CONSTANTINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – September 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Constantine, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 25
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- CURTIS NEIL EVANSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- JOHNNY FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- JEROME FORTCorporal · September 2, 1968
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
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.