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MICHAEL GENE DOMINGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1951 – May 28, 1970
Service recordMichael Gene Dominguez, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 113
- JAMES ROBERT DUNAWAYSpecialist Five · May 28, 1970
- JAMES TED FISHERCorporal · May 28, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · May 28, 1970
- DENNIS JOSEPH GATTISpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUSTIN PAUL BRDASergeant · Panel 10W, Line 112
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 116
- TIMOTEO FRED ROMEROSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.