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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael F Gramlick.

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MICHAEL F GRAMLICK

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

June 11, 1947 – July 27, 1969

Service record

Michael F Gramlick, of Gardena, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 56

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
Born
June 11, 1947
Home of record
Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 27, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 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 20W, Line 56

From Gardena

All 24 names from Gardena →

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.