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MICHAEL JAMES SULLIVAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 3, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordMichael James Sullivan, of Weir, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 60
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Weir, Kansas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 60
- DAVID RICHARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- RONALD GORDON SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- CHARLES MINOR TAYLOR IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
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.