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MICHAEL JAMES TOBEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – September 26, 1968
Service recordMichael James Tobey, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenfield, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 24
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- STEPHEN LANCE TOWNSENDSergeant · September 26, 1968
- FREDERICK EUGENE TRANI JRLieutenant · September 26, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED ANDREW FILIPPELLICorporal · Panel 42W, Line 17
- JAMES DAVID HACEKCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- NICHOLAS PETER LESANDO JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 19
From Greenfield
- RONALD EARL SHERMANPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · April 30, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID MILLERCaptain · November 26, 1968
- HAROLD LEON SHATTUCK JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
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.