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MICHAEL JAY MASSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – May 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Jay Massey, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 37
- RAYMOND PAUL MARKHAMHospitalman · May 1, 1968
- RICHARD D MARTINSergeant First Class · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MASONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- EARNEST LEE MASON JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD ROBERT CROTHERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 29
- THOMAS KEVIN LYONSPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 36
- EUSEBIO SOLISPrivate · Panel 53E, Line 41
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 42
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.