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MICHAEL HOWARD MOBILIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – June 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Howard Mobilia, of West Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 42
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- West Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 42
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PARKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MANUEL ANDUJARStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 40
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.