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MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – March 29, 1970
Service recordMichael James Wainwright, of Vancouver, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 59
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 59
- GEORGE MICHAEL ANAYACorporal · March 30, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- BRUCE WAYNE BRACELance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- FLOYD STANLEY FRANKLINSergeant · March 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 55
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAINLEYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- STARET JOHN INGLESTONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DAVID MICHAEL KINGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DONN MICHAEL LORBERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- GILBERT COROA PEIXOTOCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- PAUL ROBERT STEPP JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
From Vancouver
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · October 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDRICK THULINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
- MAURICE KARL MOCKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DELL COLEMAN ODEGARDCorporal · January 30, 1968
- HOWARD DAVID AKEHURSTLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
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.