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MICHAEL HENRY DERAGON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – August 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Henry Deragon, of Brewer, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Brewer, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 37
- DONALD ALLEN CONTARINOCorporal · August 14, 1969
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES ELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
- LESLEY HERBERT HENSONSergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 37
From Brewer
- PHILLIP J CAYFORD JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- JOSEPH EMERSON HEATHSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- LORING WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
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.