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MICHAEL JAMES MOONEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1951 – August 10, 1969
Service recordMichael James Mooney, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 124
- PETER FRANK KRISTOFPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH KROLIKOWSKISpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE MARMIEPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- WILLIAM EMIL MICKELSEN JRLieutenant · August 10, 1969
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.