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MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Coast Guard
February 28, 1943 – August 8, 1969
Service recordMichael Harris Painter, of Moscow, Idaho, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Coast Guard. He died on August 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 115
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. Coast Guard
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Moscow, Idaho (Latah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 115
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · August 8, 1969
- GEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCESergeant First Class · August 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PIPPINSergeant Major · August 8, 1969
- STANLEY ROBERT RAJALACorporal · August 8, 1969
From Moscow
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- RODGER MAGNUS KOEFODCorporal · April 27, 1969
- LEONARD LEE BROENNEKESergeant · June 14, 1971
- RONALD BENTON RUEPPELFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1971
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.