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MICHAEL JAMES THEMMEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1945 – June 27, 1969
Service recordMichael James Themmen, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 26
- MICHAEL LEE MCMASTERCorporal · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEILERLance Corporal · June 27, 1969
- STEVE OTTO STRASSHOFERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL ALONZO WELLSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAMMETT LEE BOWEN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 21
- ARTHUR RAYMOND DAVISCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 22
- MARVIN RAY MILLERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 24
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 25
- JAMES DONALD ZEBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 27
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.