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MICHAEL GORDON TANDY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1947 – September 8, 1966
Service recordMichael Gordon Tandy, of Novato, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 78
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Novato, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 78
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD REELPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
From Novato
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- DARYL ROY KUNZLERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.