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MICHAEL GENE WARNICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – October 2, 1970
Service recordMichael Gene Warnick, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 108
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 108
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
- DAVID FREDERICK TINSEYSergeant · October 2, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE WAGNERPrivate · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WESLEY KERRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 106
- JAMES THOMAS MORINSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 107
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 108
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 1970
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.