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MICHAEL JAMES DROBENA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1945 – February 23, 1969
Service recordMichael James Drobena, of Temple, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 96
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Temple, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 96
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH DUPERETechnical Sergeant · February 23, 1969
From Temple
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GRAYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HAROLD DWAINE DANIELSSergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH KERR BUSH JRCaptain · February 10, 1969
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · October 22, 1970
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.