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MICHAEL GARY DINKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1950 – February 21, 1969
Service recordMichael Gary Dinkins, of Titusville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 70
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Titusville, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive 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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 70
- HAROLD E CARTERSergeant First Class · February 21, 1969
- ROBERT DOUGLAS CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · February 21, 1969
- HOWARD LEE CLACKPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- RONALD JAMES CORBINSergeant · February 21, 1969
From Titusville
- BYRON LEA BROWNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK DARBY IIISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 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.