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MICHAEL JAMES GWINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – July 20, 1968
Service recordMichael James Gwinn, of Redding, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 18
- MARCELLUS GARLAND JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- AUSTIN DALE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY GIPSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 16
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 17
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 21
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 22
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.