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MICHAEL JOHN FEAGAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – December 21, 1967
Service recordMichael John Feagan, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 35
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 35
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- MITCHELL JEROME DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 38
- DONALD LAVERN SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 40
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
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.