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MICHAEL JAMES FALLON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordMichael James Fallon, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANCIS IVAN FOILESPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · May 27, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 9
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.