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MICHAEL JAMES MONAHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1945 – March 16, 1967
Service recordMichael James Monahan, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 94
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 94
- NELSON ALLEN MATLOCKLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- ANGEL MENDEZSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- MILLS CRAFT MILLERLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 88
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 94
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · Panel 16E, Line 97
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 98
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.