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MICHAEL JACOB KONOW
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1948 – June 4, 1972
Service recordMichael Jacob Konow, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- F-4s Radar Intercept Officer (I) (7587)
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1972; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 35
- BENJAMIN LEE TEBAULTCaptain · June 4, 1972
- PAUL DAVID BACONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1972
- KENNETH LEE BARNETTSergeant · June 5, 1972
- ANDEE CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 5, 1972
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.