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MICHAEL HENRY KESSEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1946 – September 3, 1966
Service recordMichael Henry Kessel, of Dickinson, North Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 65
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Dickinson, North Dakota (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 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
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; nine 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 65
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDGAR PAUL HEINENSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- GUY MERRILL HODGKINSStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CLYDE A LEEDSStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
From Dickinson
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- CHARLES DONALD WENDTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 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.