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MICHAEL GREGG WORLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Gregg Worley, of Leicester, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 29
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Leicester, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 29
- JAMES MATTHEW WANDROPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · June 11, 1969
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER BRYANT BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 18
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- TERRY FRANCIS DROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 20
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 29
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.